Nimrods: Green Day Co-Wrote the Script. It's Their Story.

By The Backlot

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Green Day sitting at a bar decorated with Christmas lights in a scene from Nimrods.

Before Dookie made Green Day famous in 1994, the band spent years living in a van and driving gig to gig. Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool co-wrote the screenplay with director Lee Kirk. All three have writing credits. The story comes from their own lives.

The film follows Tommy (Mason Thames), who steals his brother's car and drives his band from Kansas City to Los Angeles, convinced they've landed an opening slot for Green Day on New Year's Eve. Green Day play themselves.

Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Mckenna Grace, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee, and Sean Gunn are in the cast. Live Nation Studios and the band's own company produced it.

It opened in US theaters August 6.

Quick Facts

Nimrods: Green Day Co-Wrote the Script. It's Their Story.

DirectorLee Kirk

CastMason Thames, Mckenna Grace, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool

GenreComedy

Release2026-08-06

Runtime116 min

RatedN/A

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Before Dookie, Green Day toured in a van. All three members co-wrote the script for Nimrods with director Lee Kirk. The story is theirs. In theaters now. #Nimrods #GreenDay