Two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett is all set to star in Alice Birch's debut directorial, Sweetsick. The shoot will begin this fall in the United Kingdom and Greece. Sweetsick follows a mercurial woman (Blanchett) with a strange and piercing gift - the ability to see what others most intimately need, often at great personal cost - who sets out on a journey home. Additional casting will be announced shortly. Talking about the project, Birch said, "I could not be more excited to be making my debut feature as a director with such an extraordinary team of filmmakers and collaborators.