{"id":390041,"date":"2026-04-09T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/390041\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:26:08","slug":"green-day-movie-new-years-rev-sets-release-with-new-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/390041\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Day Movie ‘New Years Rev’ Sets Release With New Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThis is likely to be the time of Green Day<\/a> fans\u2019 lives, as a comedy movie inspired by the legendary rock band lands a release. <\/p>\n

\n\tInaugural Entertainment has acquired writer-director Lee Kirk<\/a>\u2018s feature that now has the new title Nimrods, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Mason Thames<\/a>, Mckenna Grace<\/a>, Jenna Fischer<\/a>, Angela Kinsey, Sean Gunn, Bobby Lee and Fred Armisen<\/a> star in the movie that hails from Live Nation Studios and was previously known as New Years Rev<\/a> when it premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tNimrods is a coming-of-age film centering on three high school friends who set out on a wild road trip under the mistaken assumption that their fledgling band has been booked to open for Green Day on New Year\u2019s Eve. The story is based on Green Day\u2019s real-life adventures while living in a van before the success of\u00a0Dookie, their 1994 Grammy-winning major label debut album that has since been certified as double-diamond.<\/p>\n

\n\tKylr Coffman, Ryan Foust, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio and Keen Ruffalo round out the cast.\u00a0Kirk, who previously directed Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong<\/a> in Universal\u2019s 2016 release Ordinary World, helmed Nimrods from his own script that he developed with the band.<\/p>\n

\n\tServing as producers for\u00a0Nimrods\u00a0are Green Day members Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool, alongside Tim Perell for Process. Executive producers include Ryan Kroft and Michael Rapino for Live Nation Studios, in addition to Jonathan Daniel.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNimrods is exactly the kind of bold, audience-forward storytelling we\u2019re passionate about at Inaugural,\u201d says Inaugural Entertainment CEO Kevin Weisberg. \u201cIt captures a unique blend of humor, nostalgia, and music<\/a> that feels both fresh and universally resonant. We\u2019re thrilled to collaborate with the filmmakers and Green Day to bring this dynamic story to audiences everywhere.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tAdds Live Nation Studio head of film and television Kroft, \u201cNimrods is a wild, funny and music-driven story that reflects the culture surrounding Green Day and their deep fandom. We\u2019re excited to partner with Inaugural to bring that energy to cinemas and continue expanding how Live Nation Studios\u2019 projects connect with mass audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring an interview with THR<\/a> timed to the movie\u2019s TIFF premiere, Armstrong praised his own chemistry with Kirk on their 2016 film and also gave credit to Thames for doing a \u201cheartfelt job\u201d with the new project. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to do a Green Day film,\u201d Armstrong said at the time. \u201cGod, ever since the beginning, just all my heroes have always done films, whether it was\u00a0Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll High School\u00a0by the Ramones or [the Beatles\u2019]\u00a0A Hard Day\u2019s Night, the Who\u2019s\u00a0Quadrophenia. I just wanted to do the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is likely to be the time of Green Day fans\u2019 lives, as a comedy movie inspired by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[129402,93,12621,56321,61,60,137661,173009,60863,60846,270,278,276],"class_list":{"0":"post-390041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-billie-joe-armstrong","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-fred-armisen","11":"tag-green-day","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-jenna-fischer","15":"tag-lee-kirk","16":"tag-mason-thames","17":"tag-mckenna-grace","18":"tag-movies","19":"tag-music","20":"tag-toronto-international-film-festival"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}