Reworking A Genre

Movies
Robert Carlyle and Rhys Ifans are to star in a British reworking of a spaghetti western set nearer Spaghetti Junction than the American wild west.

Variety reports that Shane Meadows, better known for 'Twenty Four Seven' and 'A Room For Romeo Brass' is set to direct the movie. 'Once Upon a Time in the Midlands' is a spaghetti western in more contemporary surroundings, specifically in Uttoxeter in the Midlands. Also set to star are Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson and Shirley Henderson, from 'Bridget Jones's Diary'.

The plot revolves around a man estranged from his lover who comes back to town in an attempt to reclaim his ex-girlfriend and is set to be financed by Film Four.