Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Drops First Poster, Sets February 2026 Release Date

File this under delightfully specific: cult Canadian oddity 'Nirvanna the Band the Show' is back, only this time it is a movie, and Neon just planted it on the calendar for February 13, 2026. Yes, the title is 'Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie.' Commit to the bit, why not.

Wait, what is this again?

If you missed it the first time around: 'Nirvanna the Band the Show' was a Canadian mockumentary sitcom that ran a couple seasons, spun out of a web series from about a decade earlier. It is the brainchild of Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol, who play heightened versions of themselves as a two-man act called, of course, 'Nirvanna the Band.' Jay noodles on piano, Matt riffs in spoken word, and together they pull off increasingly elaborate, deeply ill-advised publicity schemes around Toronto to land a gig at The Rivoli. The joke: they have never written or recorded a single song, and they never actually bother to contact the venue.

So what is the movie?

Johnson directs, from a script he co-wrote with McCarrol. The feature brings the duo back as their unemployed, best-friend alter egos with the exact same goal: get onstage at The Rivoli despite still having no material and no plan. Things escalate from a failed attempt to jump off the Skydome to a new gambit involving a DeLorean-inspired RV that somehow slingshots them to 2008. Their way home hinges on finding a bottle of Orbitz, the floating-bead novelty drink. Minor snag: as JoBlo's Mike Conway points out, Orbitz was discontinued in 1998, which makes scoring one in 2008... tricky. The movie is basically a time-travel scavenger hunt built on a discontinued beverage. I mean, sure, why not.

The fast facts

• Title: 'Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie'
• Creators/Stars: Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol (playing fictionalized versions of themselves)
• Director: Matt Johnson; Screenplay: Johnson and McCarrol
• Premise: Still chasing a Rivoli gig with zero songs and even less common sense; a DeLorean-styled RV yeets them to 2008; they need an Orbitz to get 'back'
• Very specific hurdle: Orbitz was discontinued in 1998, which makes 2008 a tough shopping year
• Festival note: The movie title showed up on the Beyond Fest 2025 lineup
• Release: Neon will bring it to theaters on February 13, 2026

It is chaotic, it is oddly nostalgic, and it sounds like exactly the kind of hyper-committed bit this series built its reputation on. If you were into the show, this looks like more of that energy with a bigger playground. If you were not, well, prepare for a very specific Toronto fever dream with a carbonated fetch quest at the center.