Johnny Marr for film cameo?

Cribs guitarist Johnny Marr is to make a cameo appearance in a new film about the rise and fall of a Manchester rock group, it has been reported.

According to NME, the ex-Smiths icon will star alongside Liam Boyle, Ralph Little and Lily Allen's brother Alfie in the movie, while model Agyness Deyn has also been confirmed for a guest role.

Shooting for the film, an adaptation of Kevin Sampson's novel Powder, is scheduled to begin at the V Festival in Staffordshire on August 22.

The film is due for release in early 2011.