

California Schemin'
Get rich or try lying.
After being ridiculed for their Scottish accents, two ambitious musicians reinvent themselves as American rappers and fool the British music industry into a lucrative record deal, only for their elaborate lie to unravel under the weight of instant fame.
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6.0/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $726.4K
- Language
- English
- rap music
- hip-hop
- biography
- based on true story
- hoax
- 1990s
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)RNew York City & Los Angeles2 Oct 2026
- TheatricalR9 Oct 2026
United KingdomGB
- PremiereGlasgow Film Festival8 Mar 2026
- Theatrical1510 Apr 2026
AustraliaAU
- PremiereRussell Hobbs British Film Festival 30 Oct 2026
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival6 Sept 2025
ChinaCN
- PremiereHainan Island International Film Festival6 Dec 2025
EstoniaEE
- PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival8 Nov 2025
- Theatrical23 Oct 2026
IrelandIE
- Theatrical15A10 Apr 2026
ItalyIT
- PremiereFestival del Cinema di Roma19 Oct 2025
LatviaLV
- Theatrical16+30 Oct 2026
South KoreaKR
- Premiere12Jecheon International Music & Film Festival5 Sept 2026
SwitzerlandCH
- PremiereZurich Film Festival4 Oct 2025
TaiwanTW
- PremiereTaipei Golden Horse Film Festival16 Nov 2025
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California Schemin' was released on 10 April 2026.
Audience reviews
1- C6/10
CinemaSerf
4/15/2026
Based very loosely on a true story (or lie!), this tells the story of two Dundonian rappers - Gavin (Séamus McLean Ross) and Billy (Samuel Bottomley) - as they strive to escape the mundanity of their call-centre jobs and take their own earthy brand of street-poetry to an unreceptive music industry. They have tried all of the traditional methods of getting noticed, but it is now at the point where even record company …
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