She spent six months on Australian shores filming World War II biopic Unbroken.And now that the film is complete, it has been announced that Angelina Jolie will be returning Down Under for the world premiere.The Hollywood heavyweight, 39, will be back in Sydney on November 17 where she will be joined by the film's lead actor Jack O'Connell and Japanese star Miyavi, announced the Today Show on Thursday. The news comes a fortnight after the Academy Award winning actress hit a roadblock for her next directorial project titled Africa. Issues subsisting between two once-married producers involved in the film is apparently threatening to put the whole thing in jeopardy, according to Hollywood Reporter.Meanwhile Jolie's Australian directed film Unbroken, which stars O'Connell, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund and local actor Jai Courtney, has been completed unhindered by setbacks. On Wednesday Courtney described working under Jolie's direction as 'fantastic'. 'She's got a wonderful creative voice,' the Spartacus star told the Huffington Post.'It was literally one of those cases where it was like, "I don't care what I play, I just want to be a part of this movie".'It is based on the true story of WWII hero Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who joined the Air Force in 1941 and became stranded on a raft for 47 days after his plane was shot down. He survived only to be captured by the Japanese. Zamperini himself passed away on July 2 at age 97, one week before the official trailer was released.
Jolie paid tribute to the American veteran following the news of his death, describing his passing as 'a loss impossible to describe' via a statement. 'We are all so grateful for how enriched our lives are for having known him. We will miss him terribly,' she said.The Maleficent star and her husband Brad Pitt based their big family in a huge Vaucluse mansion in Sydney's eastern suburbs when they arrived last November for six months for the prolonged filming of Unbroken.The brunette stunner admitted that she and Pitt felt so happy in Australia when she relocated her six-strong brood, that they had even considered an Australian wedding.'It crossed our mind when we were there,' she said in an interview with Channel Seven's Sunrise at the time.'I loved Australia. I loved everything about it: I loved working in Australia, I loved the crew, I think its the most extraordinary place to make films and to spend time.' The couple have since tied the knot in at their French chateau in August.Unbroken is set for release in Australian cinemas on December 25.
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