Green Day's ‘New Years Rev’ to Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
The band serves as co-producers on the coming-of-age Lee Kirk-directed film that debuts at TIFF on September 12.
September won’t end before a new Green Day project hits theatres.
The band co-produced the film New Years Rev, which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 12.
Directed by Lee Kirk, New Years Rev stars newcomers Mason Thames, Kyle Coffman and Ryan Foust as the trio’s characters head to Los Angeles under the false impression that their garage band will be opening for the “American Idiot” rockers on New Year's Eve — except it’s a prank.
Nevertheless, naively optimistic, the young group set off on the road from Kansas to California, with wide-eyed dreams of being on stage alongside their heroes.
In an Instagram post, Green Day share their excitement for the film’s debut, calling it “a wild road trip coming-of-age” comedy.
“It’s packed with all of your favorite Green Day songs, loaded with mischief, and lots of familiar faces,” they wrote. “This film is our love letter to all of our favorite road trip movies, ‘90s nostalgia, and chasing it all no matter how ridiculous it gets.” At the end, they hint that Toronto was “just the beginning” of the film’s rollout.
The supporting cast includes The Office actresses Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, McKenna Grace, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee and more.
In February, Live Nation announced the comedy film developed by filmmaker Kirk alongside the group. The story was reportedly inspired by Green Day and their years of living in a tour van.
“Van days rule. You will drive all night on no sleep then play a show for 10 kids in a basement of a friend of a friend’s house 50 miles east of anywhere you’ve ever heard of,” Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong says.
“But you’ll do it again the next day, and the one after that. Because you’re doing it with your bandmates who become your family and it’s unlike anything you’ve ever known. It’s electric. Let the music and mischief ensue.”
It's fitting for the film to premiere at TIFF after Armstrong called himself "part Canadian" in a 2023 interview with MuchMusic ahead of the band’s halftime show at the Grey Cup.
While tickets are currently sold out, any last-minute releases will be available here.
