Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong To Star In American Idiot Film

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong will star in the film version of the band's Broadway musical American Idiot.

The film is currently being developed by Tom Hanks' production company Playtone Productions and will see Armstrong take on the role of St Jimmy in the film, reports Hollywood Reporter.

Playtone also worked on the 2008 musical 'Mamma Mia!'

''Mamma Mia! proved that if the musical is right, obviously it can go into the stratosphere, as far as box office gross. We’re always looking for musicals,” said Playtone’s Gary Goetzman.

He added: “If we can do that, it’d be a genre that’s as respected as any produced by the studios. Maybe there will be three musicals a year, maybe five. I think that’s important otherwise we’d just have this tentpole mentality where if it’s not based on a comic book or cost $200 million, you're stacked in like pillars. We need all these genres to be respected and we need the studios not to be afraid of them.”

Meanwhile, Green Day have begun work on their new album, singer Billie Joe Armstrong has confirmed

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