Rivers Cuomo Confirms Weezer Are Engaged on a Movie

Weezer have used their last-minute look at Coachella to divulge to followers that the band are presently engaged on a film.

The Los Angeles rockers had been added to the Saturday (April 12) lineup of the pageant’s first weekend, becoming a member of the invoice following cancellations from FKA Twigs and Anitta because of “ongoing visa points” and “sudden private causes,” respectively. Ed Sheeran was additionally added to the pageant, although he’ll seem on the second weekend, acting on Saturday afternoon (April 19).

Showing simply days after the spouse of bassist Scott Shriner sustained non-life-threatening accidents throughout a weird run-in with Los Angeles Police Division (LAPD) officers that resulted in a dramatic shootout, the group’s 12-song set featured no materials launched previous 2008. Nonetheless, simply earlier than performing 1994’s “Undone – The Sweater Tune,” frontman Rivers Cuomo revealed the band have been energetic on this planet of movie these days.

“We’ve been busy making the Weezer film again in LA the final couple weeks,” Cuomo informed the group. “However when Coachella known as us up, stated, ‘Hey Weezer, might you guys make it out for a shock look?,’ we’re like, ‘Heck yeah!’ It feels so good to be right here with you guys and set free these feelings.”

Based on additional info shared by followers on-line, members of the Weezer fan membership had obtained correspondence alerting them that the band could be “doing a personal filmed merchandise signing for a choose few followers, for a TBA video.” Moreover, it was famous that “chosen individuals might want to signal a launch and NDA previous to arriving,” with a shoot date of April 21 being talked about.

Elsewhere, followers on X (previously Twitter) had additionally shared a photograph of a “Discover of Filming” that had appeared in Los Angeles for a scripted characteristic movie. The movie, which listed a title of Weezer: Safety Risk, additionally named Watch Me Unravel LLC because the manufacturing firm (which adopted its moniker from a lyric in “Undone – The Sweater Tune”), and alerted these in attendance that that the three day shoot from April 7-9 would characteristic “simulated bullet results,” “atmospheric smoke,” and extra.

Whereas few particulars have been formally launched by Weezer, it makes them the third Californian band to be the main target of an off-kilter movie venture lately. Whereas Stockton’s Pavement are set to be the main target of the genre-defying Pavements from director Alex Ross Perry, Rodeo trio Inexperienced Day are within the technique of filming New Years Rev, which is impressed by the group and their years of dwelling in a tour van.