The video of Jesus of Suburbia is stated to be a prequel to their upcoming film, American Idiot: The Motion Picture. In an interview with Billboard magazine, Billie Joe Armstrong revealed that the group are still considering turning their alternative rock opera into a film, in much the same spirit as the Beatles' Yellow Submarine, Pink Floyd's The Wall and the Who's Tommy and Quadrophenia. The band has stated they have no intentions to act in the movie, although they may make an appearance. Lou Taylor Pucci and Kelli Garner from the "Jesus of Suburbia" music video could make an appearance if the motion picture does go into production. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has said "It's definitely unfolding. Every single week there's more ideas about doing a film for American Idiot, and it's definitely going to happen."[31]
The band's official website stated on September 2 that the band was back from their "summer vacation" and was back in the studio working on new material. A recent edition of NME has an interview with Green Day discussing future plans. The band said they have three albums' worth of material, all different types of music. The first is another American Idiot-style album, the second experimental type music (such as The Clash's Sandinista!), and the third, hard and fast punk music, much like their Insomniac album. Recently, in an interview with Kerrang!, Billie Joe Armstrong revealed that it will be a "fair estimation" that the new album will be released in 2008.