California Schemin' (2025)

Directed by

James McAvoy

Genre

biographical film, musical film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

15

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two Scottish men invent fake American rap personas and trick the music business into thinking they are real. The film follows their con based on a true story and a memoir.

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What happens

California Schemin' (stylized as California $chemin') is a 2025 musical biographical film directed by James McAvoy in his directorial debut. The film stars Samuel Bottomley and Séamus McLean Ross as Scottish faux-American rap pairing Silibil N' Brains, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, and is based on Bain's 2010 memoir California Schemin': How Two Lads from Scotland Conned the Music Industry. California Schemin' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2025. It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom by StudioCanal on 10 April 2026, and will be released in the United States on 16 October 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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