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The Shins Frontman To Star In Film

Lead singer James lands lead role in 'Some Things Are Better Than Others'

Posted 2nd December 2008, 3:25pm in News, by Ruth Offord
The Shins The Shins frontman is to play the lead in an upcoming film.

James Mercer will play the lead role in film 'Some Things Are Better Than Others', it has been announced.

The feature length film will be directed by Matt McCormick, who has previously worked with the band on music videos 'Australia' and 'The Past And Pending'.

Speaking about the film to Pitchfork Matt said: "With James, the character he plays is in many ways an extension of the character I created for him in The Shins' 'The Past And Pending' video I did a while back. While writing the script, James sort of became this character by default."

"The character isn't necessarily based on James, it was just James' face that was in my head when writing the character. And then after I did the 'Australia' video I was just completely impressed with his poise and ability to take direction, and eventually decided to give him a shot at playing this role."

Film website IMDB currently marks the film in post production with an expected release in Autumn 2009. It also stars former Sleater- Kinney singer Carrie Brownstein.
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