{"id":3202,"date":"2025-09-08T18:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/3202\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:15:06","slug":"cate-blanchett-to-star-in-produce-alice-birchs-sweetsick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/3202\/","title":{"rendered":"Cate Blanchett to Star in, Produce Alice Birch\u2019s &#8216;Sweetsick&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/cate-blanchett\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cate-blanchett_1\" data-tag=\"cate-blanchett\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cate Blanchett<\/a> is set to star in and produce Sweetsick, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/alice-birch\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alice-birch_1\" data-tag=\"alice-birch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alice Birch<\/a>\u2019s directorial debut for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/searchlight-pictures\/\" id=\"auto-tag_searchlight-pictures_1\" data-tag=\"searchlight-pictures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Searchlight Pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe drama will center on a mercurial woman (Blanchett) with a strange and piercing gift \u2014 the ability to see what others most intimately need, often at great personal cost \u2014 who sets out on a journey home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBlanchett has screen credits that include Elizabeth, Carol, Nightmare Alley and T\u00e1r. She most recently starred in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/father-mother-sister-brother-review-jim-jarmusch-1236358004\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/father-mother-sister-brother-review-jim-jarmusch-1236358004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jim Jarmusch\u2019s Father Mother Sister Brother <\/a>and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/squid-game-finale-cate-blanchett-cameo-1236300284\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/squid-game-finale-cate-blanchett-cameo-1236300284\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">final season of Netflix\u2019s Squid Game series.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAdditional casting will be announced shortly for Sweetsick, which will shoot in the UK and Greece this fall, with Blanchett\u2019s Dirty Films banner producing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tTessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Theo Barrowclough and\u00a0Lee Groombridge will also produce, with Film4 executive producing and co-financing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI could not be more excited to be making my debut feature as a director with such an extraordinary team of filmmakers and collaborators. I am in the safest hands with Tessa Ross and her brilliant team at House, and am so proud to be working with Searchlight and Film4. To have the peerless Cate Blanchett at the centre of it is thrilling,\u201d Birch said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re all very big believers in Alice Birch and it\u2019s been wonderful to see that the fantastic team she\u2019s gathered around her, not least the amazing Cate, feel the same way \u2014 all drawn in by her bold, beautiful vision,\u201d Ross added. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBirch as a screenwriter\u00a0broke out with Lady Macbeth, and also did the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney\u2019s novel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/normal-people\/\" id=\"auto-tag_normal-people_1\" data-tag=\"normal-people\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Normal People<\/a>, for which she earned an Emmy nomination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBlanchett is represented by CAA and Birch by UTA, Davis Law Group, and Giles Smart at United Agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cate Blanchett is set to star in and produce Sweetsick, Alice Birch\u2019s directorial debut for Searchlight Pictures. 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