“American Idiot,” the Broadway musical based on Green Day’s acclaimed album of the same name, is going to be adapted on the big screen.

According to Reuters, Universal is in negotiations to pick up the screen rights and has hired Michael Mayer, the director of the stage production, to shoot the movie version.

Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning writer of “Milk,” is also in discussions to write the screenplay, while Tom Hanks will serve as a producer, along with the members of the punk rock trio.

“American Idiot,” released in 2004, follows three characters, which are the aimless Jesus of Suburbia, punk rock freedom fighter St. Jimmy, and Whatsername.

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