True Blood and ex Home and Away star Ryan Kwanten has returned to Australia to begin filming on Griff, a superhero movie ‘with a difference’, according to the press release. Ryan is playing the title role, and will spend the next two months in Sydney filming on location.

Here’s the first pic from the set:

See more of Ryan here.

Ryan decribes his role in Griff:

“By day, Griff works in an office. By night, he is a superhero - or is he? It was this question that attracted me to the role. Griff is such an original and boundless character to play.

“Every boy dreams of being a superhero and I’ve accepted my mission to bring this one to life.”

Filming in Sydney for Griff the Invisible kicked off yesterday.

Griff the Invisible is the debut feature from writer/director Leon Ford, who says that “Griff is a super hero movie and it is a comedy, but at its core it’s a simple love story about two very unique individuals finding each other and giving the other the strength to be what they want to be.”

The film is co-produced by Jan Chapman (The Piano, Lantana, Bright Star) and Griff the Invisible is expected to release in Australia in late 2010.

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Ryan’s beginnings: