AMERICAN IDIOT in Talks for Film Treatment

[Rob]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 8:19pm

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[BroadwayBound115]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 8:21pm

This hasn't even opened yet!!!!

[Brick]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 8:21pm

That makes more sense than the plotless stage musical version.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 9:19pm

All this couldn't be happening to a more deserving show.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 9:23pm

Already? Jesus.

[Kad]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 9:28pm

So quick. But I think it's safe to say that this will be a "wait and see" scenario.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 9:34pm

WHY!?

[Brick]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 11:49pm

Why is the same reason the show will be a hit: the album. Everyone has decided it's wonderful Green Day has written a rock opera. And Green Day is huge.

That still doesn't mean there's a story. Well, I should say, at least in its premiere production.

[singalongsong2]

Posted: 3/23/10 at 12:10am

Interesting.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/23/10 at 2:19am

There IS a story....but it may not be getting delivered well. The story has existed since the conception of the album -- no matter how loosely or poorly.

I am not often a fan of the movie musical, as I feel many of them don't do THEATER justice. However, I will reserve judgement until after I actually see the show. (Good lord, hurry up and get here April!)

[TalkinLoud]

Posted: 3/23/10 at 7:59am

The advance must be huge if they're already thinking movie version.

[darquegk]

Posted: 3/23/10 at 9:02am

Actually, it was conceived and optioned as a film well before it was put onstage- the film was considered a possibility way back in 2005-2006, but it didn't come to fruition. The same plot was then adapted into a stage show, and the stage show's immense success has people reconsidering making the originally planned movie musical.