Green Day's “American Idiot” turned into HBO movieOctober 7, 2016 - 19:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Green Day's "American Idiot" is getting a TV movie treatment. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong reveals that their 2004 political album, which was adapted into a Broadway musical which ran from 2010 to 2011, is being turned into an HBO movie, AceShowbiz said. "That's the plan right now, yeah," Armstrong tells NME in an interview. "We've got a green light from HBO, and the script is currently going through a couple of rewrites here and there, so I'm not sure when exactly we're going to start shooting, but it's definitely all systems go at the moment." Armstrong is set to reprise his role as drug dealer St. Jimmy from the Broadway production. Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor and creator of Tony Award-winning musical "Hamilton", has expressed his interest in taking part in the TV movie. "Can. I. Be. In. This. I'll. Play. Anyone," he tweeted. "American Idiot" musical follows two young men who run away and one who stays home with his pregnant girlfriend. It won two Tony Awards and a Grammy for best musical show album. Reports emerged in 2011 that Tom Hanks wanted to produce a big-screen version of the musical. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |