Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich will make an appearance in the upcoming film, Radio Dreams, in which a brilliant and misunderstood Iranian writer struggles to pursue his ambitious goal of bringing together Metallica and Kabul Dreams, Afghanistan’s first rock band, while a beautiful aspiring woman takes over his radio show.

Lars shot his scenes on December 8th in San Francisco, CA. Some photos, courtesy of the Radio Dreams Facebook page can be seen below:

A synopsis for the film states: Radio Dreams is a humorous, quirky feature film that follows a brilliant, misunderstood Iranian writer (Hamid) through his travails at a San Francisco–based Iranian satellite radio station. Unable to realize his artistic dreams in his home country, the forty-five year-old Hamid has immigrated to the US to pursue his writing career. Instead, he winds up getting a job at a third-rate radio station and must seek artistic satisfaction through the only outlet available to him—the offbeat programming he puts together for the small audience of PARS-FM. Hamid’s intellectual, esoteric programming causes the station’s revenues to plummet. Alarmed, the owners of the station feel they must cash in on Hamid’s only program they see fit for commercial success—the bringing together of Afghanistan’s first rock band, Kabul Dreams, for an on-air jam session with their idols and the world’s greatest rock band, Metallica. The ensuing collision between artistic integrity and crass commercialism resonates with poignant hilarity, as Hamid fights to maintain his ambitions and moral compass.

Cast and Crew:

Director: Babak Jalali

Producer: Marjaneh Moghimi

Executive Producer: Neda Nobari Foundation

DP: Noaz Deshe

Line Producer: Taraneh Golozar

Production Designer: Laura Lathi

Cast: Mohsen Namjoo, Kabul Dreams, Mohammad Talani, Bella Warda, Mansour Taeed, Mahmood Schricker, Boshra Dastournezhad Haghighi, Babak Mortazavi, Ali Tahbaz, Boshra, Larry Laverty, Kari Wishingrad and special appearance by Lars Ulrich (Metallica).