“American Idiot,” the soon-to-be-defunct Broadway show from Green Day, will be heading from the stage to the screen. Universal is negotiating for the screen rights to the show, and rumors are that stage director Michael Mayer would direct the film and Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for his “Milk” screenplay, would write the script. Tom Hanks and the members of Green Day would be producers. There’s no word yet on any casting or a release date.
The show is set to close on April 24 after just about a year on Broadway, but will start a national tour in the fall.
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