California Schemin' screenings via MASSIVE on 7 April 2026

MASSIVE Cinema is a unique channel tapping into youth culture, streaming, cinema and all the topics it kicks up. We reach over a million 18-30s every month, and regularly host previews and events that give young people first access to unmissable upcoming films, complete with specially curated intros and Q&As, merch and more.

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About California Schemin'

In the early 2000’s, Dundee rappers Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd were talented, hungry, but dismissed for sounding "too Scottish" to make it in hip hop. So they hatched an audacious plan: fake American identities, re-record their tracks with Californian accents, and hustle their way into the heart of the UK music industry as “Silibil N’ Brains”—childhood friends of D12 and stars-in-the-making.

To their shock, the plan works. Record deals, media buzz, and gigs with hip hop legends follow. But as their deception deepens, the pressure mounts and cracks begin to show. How long can you live the dream when it’s built on a lie?

With bold humour, raw emotion, and a defiant spirit, CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’ is a love letter to outsiders, underdogs, and the pursuit of fame—but asks, at what cost.

Director James McAvoy

Cast Séamus McLean Ross, Samuel Bottomley, James McAvoy, Lucy Halliday, Amber Anderson, Sonny Poon Tip, Rebekah Murrell, Jennifer Winn, David Witts, David Goren, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong

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