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10/02/2025
One of the wonderful jobs I got to be a part of at the end of last year.
Here's your first look at California Schemin', the directorial debut of
James McAvoy, starring BAFTA Award nominee Samuel Bottomley and one of 2024's Rising Stars Scotland, Séamus McLean Ross!
🎙️ In the late 90’s, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd had their musical ambitions consistently ridiculed for having the ‘wrong’ accents, so they went for broke and reinvented themselves as Californian rappers.
California Schemin’ follows the duo as they re-recorded their own tracks with fake accents and turned up in London claiming to be an established duo on the California scene as well as childhood friends with Eminem. They quickly bagged themselves a record deal, a hefty sum in advances, and an appearance on MTV…until it all came crashing down.
📚 California Schemin’ is based on Gavin Bain’s autobiography of the same name, which was later re-printed as Straight Outta Scotland. The story was also adapted for 2013 documentary The Great Hip Hop Hoax.
Currently in post-production, the film was picked up by Studiocanal for release in UK & Ireland. Bankside Films are handling international sales, while UTA Independent Film Group is repping North America, and will be showing a promo at the forthcoming EFM.
California Schemin’ is produced by Danny Page of Homefront Productions and Michael Mendelsohn of Patriot Pictures, alongside Paul Aniello of Tartan Bridge and Simon Kay. The film is produced with funding from the National Lottery through Screen Scotland and Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital affiliate is financing the film production.
Find out more at https://pulse.ly/ph0oifbx40
📷 Image courtesy of Bankside Films
