The headline-grabbing scandals of many of today’s young celebrities are the inspiration for a new feature set to shoot in Alberta. Cat’s Cradle produced by Skyline Motion Pictures of Edmonton is the story of a young wholesome pop star named Cat who becomes a notorious pop tart.

‘She’s in the vein of a Christina [Aguilera] or a Britney [Spears],’ explains director and producer Gilbert Allan, whose credits include several other low-budget flicks, including Halo, Winter Kill, and Green Eyes.

‘She turns 21 and decides she has had enough of the bubble-gum music her record label expects from her and runs away in the middle of the night.’

When her car breaks down, a handsome stranger allows her to hide out at his home and their friendship turns romantic. Unfortunately, a videographer tracks her down and takes some compromising videos of the couple that wind up on the Internet and destroy her sugary-sweet image.

Natasha Harychan (Green Eyes) penned the script for the $1.3 million film, which shoots July 3 to August 11 on location in the town of Fort Saskatchewan, just outside Edmonton, and Silver Beach at Pigeon Lake.

The film stars Edmonton newcomer Cara Albo, who has a background in local theater and is also an executive producer at Skyline. Jesse Lipscombe, who is in the upcoming Samuel L. Jackson/Josh Hartnett film Resurrecting the Champ, plays her manager.

Allan says the other main roles are not cast yet and he is seeking to attach recognizable American stars for other key roles.

Financing has been raised through private investors and no distributors are attached at this point.

Skyline is a new production entity that has only done commercial work to date, although Allan, one of the principals, has experience as an actor, director and producer in live theater, film, TV and commercials. He is also an acting and film production instructor at Concordia University College of Alberta, The King’s University College and Taylor University.