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Actor Russell Crowe is set to make his directorial debut with a film about an underground surfing community in Australia. Movie industry daily Variety reports that the Oscar-winning Gladiator star's first film as a director will be about three brothers who form a surfer movement in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra.
The film is based on the documentary Bra Boys about brothers Sunny, Koby and Jai Abberton, which was released in Australia earlier this month.
Crowe narrated the documentary.
