Green Day are headed to the big screen. The veteran punk group announced on Monday (Aug. 25) that they have teamed up with good pal director Lee Kirk (Ordinary World) on a “wild road trip comedy” titled New Years Rev.
The band promised that the movie is “packed with your favorite Green Day songs” as well as “loaded with mischief.” Among the stars of the film they said is their love letter to “road trip movies, ’90s nostalgia, and chasing the dream no matter how ridiculous it gets,” are Mason Thames (The Black Phone), Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Jenna Fischer (The Office), Angela Kinsey (The Office), comedian Bobby Lee (Reservation Dogs) and others.
According to a description of the movie that will get its world premiere on Sept. 12 at the Toronto International Film Festival, “A garage rock trio gets the opportunity of a lifetime to open up for Green Day and hit the road across America to make the gig. The only problem is… they didn’t realize it was a prank.”
Green Day — singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool — co-produced the movie that follows the travails of punk rockers The Analog Dogs, whose greatest wish in life is to meet their heroes. After finding a way to get their demo to the trio, they get what they think is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to open for Green Day at a New Year’s Eve show, only to find out that they’ve been punk’d by one of their brothers.
“Nevertheless, naively optimistic, the young trio set off on the road from Kansas to California, with wide-eyed dreams of being on stage alongside their heroes,” read the description. The soundtrack features more than a dozen Green Day songs.
Green Day will continue their ongoing world tour on Wednesday (Aug. 27) with a gig at Lima, Peru’s San Marcos Stadium.
Check out Green Day’s post below.
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