American Idiot (upcoming film)

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American Idiot
Directed by	Michael Mayer
Produced by	Green Day Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman
Screenplay by	Rolin Jones
Based on	American Idiot by Green Day American Idiot by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer
Starring	Billie Joe Armstrong
Production company	HBO Films Playtone
Distributed by	HBO
Country	United States
Language	English

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American Idiot is an upcoming American musical drama film based on the Broadway musical and the rock opera of the same name.

Cast

• Billie Joe Armstrong as St. Jimmy: An adventurous drug dealer who is eventually revealed to be a drug-addled manifestation of Johnny's id. Armstrong is reprising his role after appearing as the character occasionally throughout the Broadway show's run.

Production

Development

In April 2011, Tom Hanks and his production company Playtone optioned the musical to make a film version, and Universal Pictures began initial negotiations to distribute. Michael Mayer, who directed the Broadway production, was named as director, with Green Day and Hanks as producers. Dustin Lance Black was initially hired to adapt the musical. Billie Joe Armstrong was asked to star as St. Jimmy, and the film was proposed for a 2013 release. Armstrong later posted on his Twitter account that he had not "totally committed" to the role but was interested in it.

In July 2013, at a screening of Broadway Idiot, Mayer reported that the film adaptation was still happening, but production had not been scheduled due to "Hollywood bullshit". In March 2014, playwright Rolin Jones told the Hartford Courant that he was writing a new screenplay for the film. Comparing it to the musical, Jones said, "The idea is to get it a little dirtier and a little nastier and translate it into visual terms. There's not going to be a lot of dialogue and it probably should be a little shorter, too. After that, it just takes its 'movie time' in getting done". He expected to finish it by the end of the month.

In October 2016, in an interview with NME, Armstrong revealed that the film had been greenlit by HBO, and the script was getting rewrites. He confirmed he would reprise his Broadway role as St. Jimmy. In November 2016, Armstrong stated that the film is "going to be a lot different from the musical. It's kind of, more surreal but I think there's going to be parts of it that might offend people – which is good. I think it's a good time to offend people. I think there's just going to be a lot of imagery that we couldn't pull off in the musical in the stage version. You know, I don't want to give away too much, but it will be shocking in a way which makes you think."

External links

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