Inexperienced Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has mentioned that the long-rumoured ‘’American Fool’ movie is “ultimately going to occur”.
A film adaptation of the politically-charged, Grammy-winning 2004 album has been speculated about because the document’s launch, with studies again in 2011 suggesting that Tom Hanks was occupied with producing.
It was then apparently confirmed in 2013, with playwright Rolin Jones saying he was “ending up” the script. In 2016, Armstrong instructed NME that the film had been given the inexperienced mild by HBO and that he can be reprising his position as St. Jimmy from the Tony-winning Broadway and West Finish musical of the identical identify. He went on to tease that the venture can be “surreal” and “offensive”.
Nevertheless, in 2020, Armstrong instructed NME that plans had been “just about scrapped”.
Now, in an interview with Selection, Armstrong has revived hopes that the movie might but materialise. Talking concerning the success of the stage musical, the singer added: “There was purported to be [a film], however it by no means panned out.”
“I’m positive one thing is gonna occur,” he continued. “The musical did so effectively they usually’ve achieved it in Australia, Italy, Germany, England…It’s travelled so effectively. Ultimately it’s going to occur, I might assume.”
‘American Fool’ revitalised Inexperienced Day’s profession, serving as a voice of frustration in the course of the George W. Bush administration and resonating with a brand new technology. A twentieth anniversary reissue of the album arrived final October, that includes a brand new documentary, 15 unreleased demos, a New York Metropolis reside present and B-sides and bonus tracks.
Inexperienced Day carried out ‘American Fool’ in its entirety on their 2024 ‘Saviors’ world tour. In a five-star evaluation of the band’s present in Manchester, NME wrote: “By the point we attain ‘American Fool’, Armstrong has hit red-hot kind, and the amount appears to have been cranked up a notch. There’s no room for ‘21 Weapons’ on this setlist, however the emotional efficiency of ‘Boulevard Of Damaged Goals’ feels magnified.”
In the meantime, a special Inexperienced Day movie is within the works. In February, Selection reported {that a} highway journey comedy titled New Years Rev will probably be produced by all three band members and will probably be impressed by their early touring days. It should comply with three buddies who embark on a highway journey within the mistaken perception that they’ve secured a Inexperienced Day assist slot at a New Yr’s Eve present.
The band then put out a casting name for the movie, asking for “punks, emo, hardcore, various and rocker younger adults”.
Elsewhere, Inexperienced Day have been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Stroll Of Fame this week, adjoining to Amoeba Music on Hollywood Boulevard.
