Unbelievable Lineup of Directors to Shoot ‘Sydney Unplugged’

If you haven’t heard the news yet, you have now.

‘Sydney Unplugged’, which will commence production in late 2012, will be a compendium of 12 stories, showcasing the city of Sydney. One expects the results to be something akin to ‘Paris, J’Taime’ and ‘New York, I Love You’.

Produced Tropfest’s John Polson and Gary Hamilton (A Few Best Men) the list of directors involved in the project is impressive, to say the least:

Alex Proyas (Knowing), David Michôd (Animal Kingdom), Ivan Sen (Toomelah), John Curran (The Painted Veil), Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here), Liev Schreiber (Everything is Illuminated), Rachel Ward (Beautiful Kate), Ray Lawrence (Lantana) and Russell Crowe (Texas), will be joined by actors Anthony LaPaglia and Toni Collette in their directorial debuts.

This multi-director project is not to be confused with the upcoming Robert Connolly produced compendium of Tim Winton’s ‘The Turning’, which has Cate Blanchett, Robert Connolly (obviously), Ashlee Page, Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Cate Shortland, Rachel Ward, Benedict Andrews, Claire McCarthy, Shaun Gladwell, Mia Wasikowska, David Wenham, Rhys Graham, Gideon Obarzanek and Stephen Page in its lineup.

‘Sydney Unplugged’ will be released in Australian cinemas by Icon Film Distribution in 2013, and sold internationally by Arclight Films.