I need to admit: proper now, I don’t actually know what I’m speaking about. I used to be fully clueless about Nirvanna the Band the Present earlier than the poster for Nirvanna the Band the Present the Film dropped into my inbox. Earlier than this, the one time this franchise had ever crossed my path was when the film’s title was on the Past Fest 2025 lineup. However, apparently (thanks, Wikipedia), Nirvanna the Band the Present was a Canadian mockumentary sitcom that ran for a few seasons a number of years in the past, based mostly on an online sequence of the identical title that aired a decade earlier. Now the characters are again in Nirvanna the Band the Present the Film, and the poster exhibits that Neon will probably be bringing the movie to theatres on February 13, 2026.
Nirvanna the Band the Present was created by Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol, who starred within the present as fictionalized variations of themselves which have a band known as “Nirvanna the Band,” with Jay improvising on piano and Matt doing improvised spoken phrase performances. The duo have interaction in a sequence of advanced publicity stunts round their residence metropolis of Toronto within the hopes of touchdown a gig on the Rivoli, even if they’ve by no means really written or recorded a single track, nor taken any steps to contact the Rivoli’s administration about reserving a present.
Johnson has directed Nirvanna the Band the Present the Film, working from a screenplay he wrote with McCarrol. This time round, unemployed bandmates, finest associates, and fictionalized alter egos of the creators, Matt and Jay wish to land a gig at The Rivoli in Toronto although they’ve by no means carried out a present and have by no means recorded a track, however, after a failed stunt to leap off The Skydome & their new scheme, involving a DeLorean-inspired RV, they’re transported to 2008 and wish a bottle of Orbitz to get ‘Back to the Future.’ As JoBlo’s personal Mike Conway factors out, Orbitz drinks have been discontinued in 1998, so discovering a bottle of the stuff in 2008 ought to show to be a problem.
I do not know what to anticipate from the Nirvanna the Band the Present world, however Nirvanna the Band the Present the Film sounds prefer it may very well be entertaining. Are you a fan of Nirvanna the Band the Present and are you wanting ahead to seeing Nirvanna the Band the Present the Film in 2026? Check out the poster, then tell us by leaving a remark under.
