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About the film

American Idiot is a rumored movie based on a punk rock album by Green Day of the same name. Almost immediately after the release of Green Day's album, American Idiot, there were rumors of a movie to be created. In a September 2004 interview with MTV, Green Day discussed the matter of a movie. Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong said, "We've definitely been talking about someone writing a script for it, and there's been a few different names that have been thrown at us."

Unlike The Who's Tommy rock opera turned movie, Green Day has said they have no plans of making American Idiot into a musical on Broadway, however, there have been rumored plans for a documentary of the making of the movie, the story of which follows the character Jesus of Suburbia through the ups and downs of his everyday life.

Speculations were supported when Billie Joe Armstrong confirmed that the movie will start shooting sometime in 2006, and the film will supposedly be called "American Idiot: The Motion Picture". It is reportedly in development by Paramount Pictures and MTV Films, and is scheduled to be released in theatres around 2006.

The music video Jesus of Suburbia is a supposed prequel to the movie, developing its plot and getting people ready. No word if any part of this music video will be included in the actual movie to bring people up to speed.

Quotes

Billie Joe Armstrong - We just don't want it to suck.
Billie Joe Armstrong on there being a Broadway adaptation - "I don't think I could handle seeing St. Jimmy like...";
* (Tré Cool): ''"...On ice."

Facts

Billie Joe, Mike and Tré have all decided not to be in the actual movie, but want to have complete control of what's going on. "I'm not an actor at all. I'd rather be behind the writing and the production, and leave the acting to the actors," summarized Billie Joe.

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