New Years Rev

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New Years Rev
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Directed byLee Kirk
Written byLee Kirk
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDavid Robert Jones
Edited byRyan Brown
Music by Alec Puro
Production
company
Release date
  • September 12, 2025 (2025-09-12)(TIFF)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

New Years Rev is a 2025 American road coming-of-age teen comedy film directed and written by Lee Kirk and starring Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman and Ryan Foust alongside Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee, Mckenna Grace, Keen Ruffalo, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio and Sean Gunn. The film follows three teenagers who travel to Los Angeles under the false belief that their band is opening for Green Day on New Year's Eve.

Contents

Produced by Live Nation Productions, New Years Rev premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2025.

Premise

Three teenagers travel to Los Angeles under the false pretense that their band is opening for Green Day on New Year's Eve.

Cast

Production

In June 2022, director Lee Kirk appeared on the podcast Office Ladies , hosted by actresses Jenna Fischer, his wife, and Angela Kinsey. During the podcast, Kirk revealed that he was working on another film with Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of punk rock band Green Day. [1] Kirk had previously worked with Armstrong on the comedy-drama film Ordinary World (2016), which featured Armstrong as the lead. [2]

In February 2025, Live Nation Productions, the film and television production branch of Live Nation Entertainment, announced that a comedy film inspired by Green Day was in production, with Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman, and Ryan Foust in lead roles, and Fischer, Kinsey, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, and Keen Ruffalo in supporting roles. [3] Later that month, Mckenna Grace, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee, and Sean Gunn were cast in supporting roles in the film. [4]

New Years Rev is based on Green Day's limited success as a band before the release of their breakout album Dookie (1994).

Release

New Years Rev premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2025. [5] [6]

Reception

Dan Gentile of SFGate gave the film a positive review, praising the three "spot-on" lead performances and stating that the film "hits all the right notes." [7]

References

  1. ↑ "New comedy film called NEW YEARS REV featuring Green Day starts filming soon". Green Day Community. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Reveals How a Movie Inspired by the Band's Story Finally Happened". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Green Day-Inspired Comedy Movie in the Works From Live Nation Productions (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Mckenna Grace, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee and Sean Gunn Join Green Day-Inspired Comedy Movie (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  5. ↑ "'New Years Rev' Trailer: Green Day Fans Take a Rock 'n' Roll Road Trip in Coming-of-Age Comedy (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Green Day Say TIFF Premiere of Comedy Film 'New Years Rev' Is 'Just the Beginning'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Green Day just made the next great teen comedy". SFGate. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
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