A Green Day-inspired road trip comedy is coming to theaters this summer, and fans can actually own a piece of it.
“Nimrods” follows three friends who mistakenly think their band is opening for Green Day on New Year’s Eve, so they take off for LA. The cross-country journey is based on Green Day’s own wild years living in a tour van. Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman, and Ryan Foust play the leads, with McKenna Grace, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Fred Armisen, and Bobby Lee rounding out the cast.
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool are producing alongside Tim Perell. Live Nation Studios and Ryan Kroft executive produce.
The film hits theaters August 14 through Inaugural Entertainment and Legion M, the fan-owned studio that’s letting audiences invest in distribution. Legion M co-founders Jeff Annison and Paul Scanlan saw it at TIFF and jumped. “Green Day wouldn’t exist without the fans,” they said, “and we’re excited to give those fans the opportunity to own a stake in the film.”
This follows Legion M’s recent success with “Fackham Hall” and fits their model of building fan momentum around theatrical releases. For a comedy rooted in punk rock chaos, letting the community rally behind it feels right.