Clubland: According to Variety, Brenda Blethyn is heading for Clubland, playing a raucous English comedian who causes a stir when she entertains auds at Sydney clubs.

Blethyn's character poses a dilemma for her 20-year-old son, who must choose between the mother who raised him on her own and his feisty new girlfriend.

Scripted by Keith Thompson, film will be directed by Cherie Nowlan ("Thank God He Met Lizzie") and produced by Rosemary Blight.