SYDNEY (AFP) ― Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie will direct her new film “Unbroken” in Australia, using Sydney and rural parts of New South Wales state as locations, it was announced Tuesday.

The World War II movie is only Jolie‘s second foray into directing, after the critically-acclaimed 2011 movie “Land of Blood and Honey,” and the actress has been in Sydney with her children in recent weeks scouting locations.

NSW deputy premier Andrew Stoner said the Universal Pictures production would inject millions of dollars into the state’s economy and was expected to create 300 jobs for crew alone, with more for cast and extras.

“Unbroken,” based on the best-selling book by Laura Hillenbrand, follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini.

Along with two other crewmen, he survived in a raft for 47 days after a WWII plane crash, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.