Oscar winner and stage veteran Cate Blanchett will be one of the directors of the new Australian film, The Turning, based on Tim Winton's novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The other helmers, each of whom will take one chapter of the book, will include actors Mia Wasikowska and David Wenham, along with Benedict Andrews, Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Shaun Gladwell, Rhys Graham, Justin Kurzel, Ian Meadows, Yaron Lifschitz, Claire McCarthy, Ashlee Page, and Stephen Page.

Blanchett will be seen on the London stage in April in Gross und Klein and will return to New York in July to reprise her role as Yelena in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Uncle Vanya as part of the 2012 Lincoln Center Festival.

Her other stage credits include Hedda Gabler and A Streetcar Named Desire. She won the Oscar for The Aviator and received nominations for Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Notes on a Scandal, and I'm Not There.

滬江娛樂(lè)快訊：據(jù)《好萊塢記者》的報(bào)道，將有17位影人聯(lián)手，共同執(zhí)導(dǎo)一部名為《The Turning》的澳大利亞影片，其中包括了著名女演員凱特·布蘭切特，該片也是這位“女王”首度執(zhí)起導(dǎo)演筒的處女作。

《The Turning》改編自澳大利亞知名小說(shuō)家Tim Winton的同名作品，該書(shū)是一部短篇故事集，電影的制片人 Robert Connolly表示，“其中的每個(gè)故事既有關(guān)聯(lián)又有重疊，自成一體，揭示了這些看似不相關(guān)但卻將人們的生命聯(lián)系在一起的非凡的轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)”，布蘭切特外，《愛(ài)麗絲夢(mèng)游仙境》的米婭·華希科沃斯卡和男演員大衛(wèi)·文翰也將跨界執(zhí)導(dǎo)這部影片。