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Glasgow film makers behind the acclaimed Late
Night Shopping have revealed that they are to
start on a second film project in collaboration
with FilmFour.
At Cannes Film Festival Angus Lamont, the producer
who heads the Glasgow-based production company
Ideal World Films, said scriptwriter Jack Lothian,
director Saul Metzstein and himself are to join
forces again.
This time they will work on a new £3 million film
project called Northern Soul.
The film is a romantic comedy based around the
misadventures of a group of young people who travel
to Blackpool in the depths of winter for a night
of dancing and partying to their favourite music,
northern soul.
Script for Northern Soul is in the early
stages, but it is hoped that filming will begin
next January.
Mr Lamont said: "I'm delighted that Saul, Jack
and I can work together again on a project about
a part of the British music scene that we all
love."
Retaining the talent from Late Night shopping
was also part of the deal, as Angus Lamont explains:
"Late Night Shopping shows that Jack Lothian and
Saul Metzstein are two of the most exciting young
prospects in British film. We really wanted to
keep the relationship between the writer and director
going rather than have them being snapped up by
some bigger production company in London. I believe
the decision to invest in this project shows our
ambitions."
Ideal World Films is the film production arm of
independent production company Ideal World which
was founded by broadcaster Muriel Gray more than
ten years ago.
The film arm was set up in 1997 and Late Night
Shopping was its first feature film. It was made
on a budget of £1.5 million and will be distributed
across the UK on 22 June by FilmFour Distributors.
The comedy is about sex and shelf stacking, and
stars a cast of relative unknowns including Luke
De Woolfson, James Lance, Kate Ashfield and Enzo
Cilenti.
Mr Lamont is confident that once released the
film will strike a chord with cinema-goers around
the world.
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Glasgow film makers behind the acclaimed Late
Night Shopping have revealed that they are to
start on a second film project in collaboration
with FilmFour. 