Tickets are now on sale for NIMRODS, the wild, new coming-of-age road-trip comedy inspired by the early days of Green Day. Special screenings will take place in over 700 cinemas across 39 countries on August 11, courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing, and will coincide with the US-wide release on August 14.
Bringing fans together in cinemas across the globe, the screenings will offer the opportunity to celebrate the spirit of the iconic band’s early misadventures, DIY attitude, and enduring legacy in rock n’ roll culture. To celebrate tickets going on sale, a first-look clip has been released HERE
When Tommy (Mason Thames) receives a phone call inviting his band to open for Green Day on New Year’s Eve, he doesn’t realise it’s an elaborate prank by his older brother, Wayne (Keen Ruffalo). Desperate to believe his life is about to change, Tommy steals Wayne’s car and sets out to drive his band from Kansas City to Los Angeles, hell-bent on getting there in three days. What follows is a rowdy and uproarious road trip across America, inspired by Green Day’s early days of touring in a van, years before the release of their breakout record Dookie.
Featuring Green Day themselves, NIMRODS’ star-studded cast includes Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman, Ryan Foust, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Keen Ruffalo, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee, Sean Gunn, and Mckenna Grace.
Written and directed by Lee Kirk, additional credits include producers Tim Perell for Process, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool. Ryan Kroft and Michael Rapino for Live Nation Studios and Jonathan Daniel are executive producers.
The 30-track soundtrack album will be released on July 31 on CD, cassette, digital platforms, and several vinyl variants, featuring 22 fan-favorite, career-spanning Green Day songs alongside soundtrack exclusives including the new Green Day track ‘I’m Never Gonna R.I.P.’ and four previously unreleased live recordings from the band’s performance at the Palladium in Los Angeles, as featured in the film. The soundtrack also includes songs from The Paradox, Ultra Q, and Mckenna Grace, as well as four tracks by Analog Dogs, the fictitious band at the center of NIMRODS.
NIMRODS features a career-spanning 22-song Green Day collection, including their new exclusive track as end credits. Following the film, there will be exclusive live bonus performances recorded at the Palladium. Featured in stunning 4K with an exclusive introduction by the band, the film is named after Green Day’s hugely successful 1997 album Nimrod.