Green Day reveal premiere date for their movie, New Years Rev

Green Day have just announced the premiere date for their movie, New Years Rev.

The Lee Kirk-directed coming-of-age comedy will hit the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12 (tickets are already sold out), with the band confirming that this is “just the beginning”.

“So big news, we made a movie!” reads a new post on Green Day’s Instagram. “We teamed up with our good friend Lee Kirk on a wild road trip coming of age comedy titled New Years Rev, about a garage band (played by Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman, and Ryan Foust) who think they’ve scored the gig of their lives… opening for us. Except plot twist, it’s actually a prank.

“It’s packed with all of your favourite Green Day songs, loaded with mischief, and lots of familiar faces (Mckenna Grace, Fred Armisen, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Bobby Lee & more). This film is our love letter to all of our favourite road trip movies, ’90s nostalgia, and chasing it all no matter how ridiculous it gets.”

Exclusively speaking to Kerrang! in June, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said of the film: “The actors were great. I’ve been seeing a little bit of footage. It’s based on some of our early adventures – of course it’s been tweaked a little bit, but it’s gonna be really fun. It’s kind of a holiday movie because it’s set on New Year’s Eve. It’s got a lot of heart and it’s also really funny. It’s about three young kids that are following their dream to be in a band, and do whatever it takes to travel the country. That’s something that we definitely can relate to.”

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