‘California Schemin’ will star Séamus McLean Ross and Samuel Bottomley, with the director in a supporting role, in the story of two Scottish friends who pretended to be a Californian rap duo.

James McAvoy‘s directorial debut California Schemin‘ about a hip-hop hoax has presold to StudioCanal for the U.K. and Ireland and a range of other international markets.

The movie is based on the true story of Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, two friends from Dundee, Scotland, who conned the music industry by using American accents and pretending to be a Californian rap duo called Silibil N’ Brains. The project is based on Bain’s autobiography of the same name, which was reprinted under the title Straight Outta Scotland. The duo’s story was previously told in the 2013 documentary The Great Hip Hop Hoax.