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American Idiot coming to the big screen

posted by Karen McKevitt on Tue, Jun 14, 2011
in News , Shows on tour

The Hollywood Reporter and Playbill.com reported that the film version of American Idiot will be released in 2013, with Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong in the role of St. Jimmy -- the same role he played in several Broadway performances that drew huge box office receipts. Additional casting for the film has not been announced. Tom Hanks' company Playtone holds the film rights, and Michael Mayer -- the director of the Berkeley Rep and Broadway runs -- will direct the film. Of course, American Idiot premiered here at Berkeley Rep in 2008.

The national tour of American Idiot begins this fall and will come to San Francisco in June 2012.