Green Day reveals New Years Rev poster and teaser ahead of TIFF

On Friday, Sept. 5, Green Day unveiled an official poster and a 55 second teaser trailer for New Years Rev, a coming of age road trip comedy inspired by the punk band's early touring life. The film, written and directed by Lee Kirk, follows a fictional young band called the Analog Dogs as they set out from Kansas for Los Angeles after mistakenly believing they have been booked to open for Green Day on New Years Eve.

The teaser, set mostly to Green Day's American Idiot track Holiday, opens with the three protagonists played by Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman, and Ryan Foust taking bong hits and plotting their cross country dash. Clips in the trailer show a chaotic montage of tow truck run ins, a DIY skate park performance, and scenes of the trio arriving at a Green Day concert. It remains unclear from the teaser whether the Analog Dogs ultimately get to take the stage, with the film built around the mistake and the misadventures that follow.

New Years Rev is produced by all three Green Day members, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, with Live Nation Productions listed as a co producer. The soundtrack is expected to feature more than a dozen Green Day tracks, and the band...