Haven't we all at some point in time fantasized about stepping through a cinema/TV screen and into the world of our favourite movies and television shows? I certainly have!

With its modern, urban setting and stunning harbour, it is easy to see why Sydney leads the way as an ideal and versatile shooting destination. Movies shot here have been set in New York (Godzilla: Final Wars, Kangaroo Jack), Chicago (The Matrix and sequels), London (Birthday Girl), Seville (Mission Impossible 2), Bombay (Holy Smoke), Darwin (Australia), Myanmar (Stealth), Mars (Red Planet) and the fictitious city of Metropolis (Superman Returns, Babe: Pig in the City).

Whether popular landmarks or off the beaten track locations that are often hard to find, you can now explore Sydney in a fun and unique way with the SYDNEY ON SCREEN walking guides. Catering to Sydneysiders as much as visitors, the guides have something to offer everyone, from history, architecture and movie buffs to nature lovers.

See where productions such as Superman Returns, The Matrix and sequels, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Candy, Mission Impossible 2, Mao's Last Dancer, Babe: Pig in the City, Kangaroo Jack, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Muriel's Wedding, The Bold and the Beautiful, Oprah's Ultimate Australian Adventure and many more were filmed.

Maps and up-to-date information on Sydney's attractions are provided to help you plan your walk. Pick and choose from the suggested itinerary to see as little or as much of the city as you like.

So, come and discover the landscapes and locations that draw filmmakers to magical Sydney, and walk in the footsteps of the stars!

A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO EXPENSIVE TOURS, YOU CAN NOW ENJOY EXPLORING SYDNEY FOR UNDER $10 WITH THE SYDNEY ON SCREEN WALKING GUIDES. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT US AT SYDNEYONSCREEN@HOTMAIL.COM

Subscribe to the blog and keep up with all the latest Aussie film and entertainment news. Read about what the stars are up to, who's in town, what movies are currently filming or being promoted. Locate us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sydneyonscreen and "like" our page!

Sydney on Screen walking guides now on sale!

Click on the picture above to see a preview of all four walking guides and on the picture below to see larger stills of Sydney movie and television locations featured in the slideshow!

Copyright © 2011 by Luke Brighty / Unless otherwise specified, all photographs on this blog copyright © 2011 by Luke Brighty


Sydney on Screen guides are now available for purchase at the following outlets:

Travel Concierge, Sydney International Airport, Terminal 1 Arrivals Hall (between gates A/B and C/D), Mascot - Ph: 1300 40 20 60

The Museum of Sydney shop, corner of Bridge & Phillip Streets, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9251 4678

The Justice & Police Museum shop, corner of Albert & Phillip Streets, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9252 1144

The Mint shop, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8239 2416

Hyde Park Barracks shop, Queen Square, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8239 2311

Travel Up! (travel counter) c/o Wake Up Sydney Central, 509 Pitt Street, Sydney - Ph (02) 9288 7888

The Shangri-La Hotel (concierge desk), 176 Cumberland Street, The Rocks, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9250 6018

The Sebel Pier One (concierge desk), 11 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8298 9901

The Radisson Plaza Hotel Sydney (concierge desk), 27 O'Connell Street, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8214 0000

The Sydney Marriott Circular Quay (concierge desk), 30 Pitt Street, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9259 7000

Boobook on Owen, 1/68 Owen Street, Huskisson - Ph: (02) 4441 8585


NSW, interstate and international customers can order copies of Sydney on Screen using PayPal. Contact us at sydneyonscreen@hotmail.com to inquire about cost and shipping fees.


All four volumes of Sydney on Screen are available to download onto your PC or Kindle at:
Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, Amazon.es and Amazon.it


The Voice's first sizzle reel unveiled

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Holly Byrnes, The Daily Telegraph, reports

Channel 9 has thrown the mega-wattage of its coaching - and costly - star line-up on The Voice in the show's first sizzle reel, unveiled last night.

The four superstar mentors - first revealed by The Daily Telegraph - filmed the dramatic promotional clip in Los Angeles last month in which they reveal what they love about the wildly successful talent search series.

Delta Goodrem, Keith Urban, Good Charlotte's Joel Madden and Seal are expected to begin filming blind auditions for the program later this month, with live shows to air in April.

Goodrem, at her dazzling red carpet best in a sequinned gown, opens the promo, with the mentors' mission: "We're there to find the next superstar, the next voice."

Urban enthuses: "it's authenticity that's the thing I'm looking for, it's just that pure believability, that I feel like this person is speaking to me."

British crooner Seal ponders: "who is going to emerge? Who is going to perform under pressure? Who's going to want it more? You get one shot, you just get one shot."

Rocker Joel Madden, who snuck into Sydney last week for a marketing gig, adds: "This show is based on people's dreams and showing the world what you can do."

Urban says: "the right voice, knowing how to use that voice and the passion, that fire, that's what it comes down to."

Madden: "the blind auditions bring it back to being strictly about someone's voice. I like the idea of not being able to see someone and making a choice on what I hear with my heart."

Urban: "I can't see what these people look like, the same as when I hear a song on the radio by a new artist...I don't know what they look like."

Goodrem: "Everything that they dreamed and envisioned growing up, it's going to happen.

Urban: "It's all about the voice and I feel the fact that we get the chance to connect with that before everything else."

Seal: "that's it right there...I want to see stars."

A second season of the US version, featuring Ce-Lo Green, Maroon 5's Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and country singer Blake Shelton, premiered after the Superbowl on Monday to a record audience of 37.6 million people.

The Australian series, produced by Shine, will be hosted by former MTV presenter, Darren McMullen.

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