While preparing for the launch of comedy about the band’s early days, musician is keeping an eye on an adaptation of the musical that rode the world
THE Green Day has a new movie in progress, but Billie Joe Armstrong is keeping an eye on another film project – an adaptation of the musical American idiot “It was planned but never got out of paper.”
“It should exist, but never materialized. I’m sure something will happen. The musical was so well and was introduced in Australia, Italy, Germany, England … Traveled very well around the world. Eventually, it will happen, I imagine,” he told the Variety.
This is not the first time the musician talks about it. In 2016, Armstrong commented on the adaptation: “We received green light from HBOand the script is going through some rewriting here and there, so I’m not sure when exactly we start filming, but everything is definitely ready at the moment, “he said at the time.
Meanwhile, the music of Green Day will be on the big screen in a next comedy entitled New Years Revinspired at the beginning of the band; The film made an open call to “Punks, Emo, Hardcore, Alternative and Young Rockeiros, aged 18 to 30” in February.
The group is producing and should also appear in New Years Rev next to Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey and Sean Gunn. Lee Kirk He is the screenwriter and also the director of the film, who follows the trio of friends on his journey to Los Angeles to open a show on New Year’s Eve. “Their journey is a noisy and crossbar journey through the country full of adventures, based on the adventures of Green Day And his years living in a tour van, “reads in the synopsis of the movie.
Article published on May 2, 2025 at Rolling Stone. To read the original in English, click here.
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Source: Rollingstone
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