Nimrods, inspired by Green Day, will be released in cinemas in August, distributed by Pannónia Entertainment Ltd. The basic idea of which was also helped by the members in addition to their production roles.
Mason Thames was able to achieve a box office hat trick in 2025 that was last seen in 1994, the year Jim Carrey became an unstoppable star. However, the main character of the live-action How to Train Your Dragon, the Black Phone movies and Ruined Lives had another role last year, Nimrods, which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival, and will be widely released and sceened in cinemas nationwide with Hungarian subtitles. The lovely story, which is in the genre of Cool Tour, Paper Towns and Sing Street, but with a different motivation. Premiere date, but from Tuesday, August 11th.
Tommy (Mason Thames) and his two friends (Kylr Coffman, Ryan Foust) have big musical ambitions, the three of them form a garage band called Analog Dogs, when one day they receive a phone call asking them to open for Green Day on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles. Of course, this comes as a surprise to the Kansas City trio, and after Tommy’s mother (Jenna Fischer) is worried about not giving him her own car – well, our protagonist doesn’t even have a license – they finally take Tommy’s brother Wayne’s (Keen Ruffalo) car and set off on a journey that promises the opportunity of a lifetime, during which unexpected situations, humorous twists and experiences that test their friendship await them.
These were inspired by the atmosphere of Green Day’s early travels and the band’s early years, and many details were inspired by their real van stories from years before they joined, but the film itself is not a biographical work. In addition to the band, who make cameos as themselves, well-known faces appear in supporting roles such as Fred Armisen, Sean Gunn, or McKenna Grace, who appears as the indispensable love interest of teen comedies, known from the new Ghostbusters episodes, among others, who is a couple with Thames in real life, and they already worked together with great chemistry on screen in the film that caused their reunion, Ruined Lives.
The title is based on Green Day’s 1997 album “Nimrod”, and they have contributed a new theme song, while the entire soundtrack itself naturally includes fictional compositions by Analog Dogs, a song performed by Grace, and 4 previously unreleased Green Day concert recordings, from the performance that our protagonists are about to be the forerunners of.
The film is also packed with the punk band’s greatest hits, so fans won’t be able to miss the cinema for that reason alone, but 1-1 tracks by some other artists (e.g. The Paradox, Ultra Q) also add to the feel of life reminiscent of the early ’90s.
The a/m piqued your interest save your seat to one of the screenings nationwide from August 11th 2026. Furthermore, such a sweet coming of age adventure is always endearingly charming … not to say … it can be a great alternative to escaping to cool theater hall between two heat waves. Genre lovers, Green Day fans, and fans of the two up-and-coming actors can definitely watch one of the hidden gems of the summer!
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