IFTA winning actor Pat Shortt (Garage) has joined the cast of ‘Souled Out’, the latest feature film ‘Headrush’ helmer Shimmy Marcus. The low budget pic will shoot in the Northern UK city of Stoke On Trent this summer.
‘Souled Out’ is a coming of age love story set amidst the Northern Soul movement in 1974. Martin Compston (Sweet Sixteen, Red Road) and Jennifer Ellison (The Phantom of the Opera, Brookside) will play the young lovers, while Shortt plays Irish van delivery driver, Brendan, who becomes the confidant of Compston’s character Joe, and finds himself caught up in a love story of his very own.
Huey Morgan of US band The Fun Lovin Criminals will take a role among the film’s supporting cast. Morgan, who featured in Shimmy Marcus’ 2004 directorial debut ‘Headrush’, plays a cockney record shop owner in the film.
‘Souled Out’ is written by Jeff Williams and is produced by Christine Alderson (Bye Bye Blackbird, The Halo Effect) of Ipso Facto Films. In development since 2004, the film was originally scheduled to shoot in Ireland during summer 2006 but financial difficulties caused a halt to pre-production and a subsequent relocation to the UK.
The Dap Kings, the backing band of Sharon Jones, will produce the soundtrack and create original music for the film. Jones has worked Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson on past projects.
Moviehouse will handle international sales and Soda Pictures has acquired UK distribution.
