Believing you’re about to open for Green Day is the kind of mistake that can either ruin your life or give you a great story to tell afterward. The upcoming coming-of-age comedy Nimrods is betting on the latter. Inspired by Green Day’s early years touring the country in a van, the movie follows three friends who become convinced their band has landed the opportunity of a lifetime. Instead of stopping to verify the details, they hit the road for Los Angeles and set off on a cross-country adventure that appears to spiral further out of control with every mile.
The project is led by Mason Thames, who continues to emerge as one of Hollywood’s most in-demand young stars, alongside Kylr Coffman and Ryan Foust. Another popular young star, Mckenna Grace, also stars in the movie ahead of her turn as Daphne Blake in Netflix’s new Scooby-Doo series. Nimrods combines a coming-of-age road trip story with the scrappy punk rock spirit that helped launch one of music’s most successful bands. Now, audiences have gotten their best look yet at the adventure.
Classic Rock Personality Quiz Who’s Your Perfect Classic Rock Band? A Personality Quiz · 10 Questions Five legendary bands. One perfect match. Answer 10 questions about your personality, attitude, and taste to find out which classic rock icon you truly belong with. Are you raw power, rolling swagger, operatic drama, thunderous riffs, or timeless melody?
AC/DC
Rolling Stones
Metallica
Queen
The Beatles
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How do you walk into a room? Choose the answer that feels most like you.
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What does your ideal Friday night look like?
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What’s your philosophy on keeping things simple vs. complex?
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How would your friends describe your personal style?
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How do you want to be remembered?
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What kind of crowd do you want around you?
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If you were writing a song, what would it be about?
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What’s your secret to staying relevant over time?
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You’re playing to 80,000 people. What does your performance look like?
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Pick the word that best sums up your relationship with rock music. This is your tiebreaker — choose carefully.
Your Result Your Perfect Band Is Revealed
Based on your personality, energy, and taste, the classic rock band that matches your soul is…
AC/DC
You are pure, undiluted rock energy. You don’t need tricks, trends, or theatrical gimmicks — you have something more powerful: a riff that hits like a thunderbolt and an attitude that never wavers. Like AC/DC, you understand that simplicity executed with absolute conviction is its own form of genius. You’re the person in the room who doesn’t overthink it, doesn’t pretend, and never turns the volume down. The highway to hell is a state of mind — and you’ve been on it since day one.
The Rolling Stones
You’ve got swagger that can’t be taught. Rooted in the blues and soaked in street-level attitude, you move through life with a loose, dangerous elegance that draws people in without ever trying too hard. Like the Stones, you’ve seen it all, done most of it, and somehow look better for it. You’re not chasing perfection — you’re chasing truth, groove, and that electric moment when everything clicks. Can’t always get what you want? You tend to get it anyway.
Queen
You are magnificent, and you know it — not from arrogance, but from an unshakeable sense of self that has never needed anyone’s permission. Like Queen, you defy every category people try to place you in. You blend the epic with the intimate, the operatic with the anthemic, the serious with the playful. You live boldly, love fiercely, and perform every aspect of your life as though the whole world is watching. Because sometimes it is. We are the champions — and so are you.
The Beatles
You have the rarest of gifts: the ability to make something that feels both deeply personal and universally human. Like The Beatles, you’re a natural connector — someone whose warmth, curiosity, and creative instincts draw people together across every divide. You believe in melody, in craftsmanship, and in the quiet power of a song that says exactly what someone needed to hear. You’ve changed the people around you just by being who you are. All you need is love — and you give it generously.
Three Friends Chase a Dream That May Not Exist
A newly released trailer for Nimrods previews the movie ahead of its theatrical release on August 14. According to the official synopsis, the story follows three friends who travel to Los Angeles after mistakenly believing their band has been selected to open for Green Day on New Year’s Eve. What begins as a dream opportunity quickly turns into a rowdy cross-country journey filled with unexpected detours, mischief, and plenty of opportunities for things to go wrong. While the movie tells an original story, its roots can be traced back to Green Day’s own experiences. Nimrods is based on the exploits of the band and their years spent living and touring out of a van before finding mainstream success. That influence gives the movie a built-in sense of youthful ambition and recklessness that feels right at home in a coming-of-age comedy.
The supporting cast includes Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Keen Ruffalo, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee, and Sean Gunn, alongside Grace, Thames, Coffman, and Foust. Green Day’s connection to the project extends beyond serving as inspiration. Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool are all producers on the movie alongside Tim Perell.
Nimrods rocks its way into theaters exclusively on August 14.
