Sean Patrick Flannery (star of Powder and his buds will be playing Epiphones in rehearsal and performance scenes in the feature, which just began filming.

Scheduled for September 1998 release, Girl centers around a teenage girl and her musician boyfriend. The cast includes Dominique Swain (Lolita) and Summer Phoenix (sister to the late actor River Phoenix).

The Epis to be featured have not been determined yet. Among the models that have received callbacks from their auditions are... Rivoli, Viola and Thunderbird basses, Casino, Sorrento, Korina V and Korina Explorer guitars, and Regent Bass 50, Regent 50R and Tube 30 amplifiers.

(Speaking of girls and Epis, stay tuned to Gibson.Net for the first peek at the new Epiphone calendar. For a preview, check the Epi site for a photo and a greeting from the cover girl of the 1998 calendar.)