Posted on 01/18/2022 2:53:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
Daniel Radcliffe is set to star as Grammy-winning musician ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic in the Roku original movie “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” The film is Roku’s first original biopic and will be available to stream exclusively on The Roku Channel. The project is produced by Funny Or Die and Tango. Yankovic co-wrote the film’s script with Eric Appel, who is also set to direct the project.
The official “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” synopsis from Roku reads: “The biopic holds nothing back, exploring every facet of Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle. ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.”
“When my last movie UHF came out in 1989, I made a solemn vow to my fans that I would release a major motion picture every 33 years, like clockwork. I’m very happy to say we’re on schedule,” said Yankovic in a statement. “And I am absolutely thrilled that Daniel Radcliffe will be portraying me in the film. I have no doubt whatsoever that this is the role future generations will remember him for.”
Colin Davis, Roku’s Head of Original Scripted Programming, added, “There clearly aren’t enough biopic movies about famous musicians and we were excited to shine a light on the incredibly true, unexaggerated story of Weird Al. This is sincerely the ultimate combination of talent, creativity, and friends, coming together to make something genuinely funny and we could not be prouder to call this film a Roku Original.”
“Weird Al” Yankovic is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time and a five-time Grammy winner. The musician’s 2014 release Mandatory Fun was the first comedy album in history to debut at number one on Billboard’s Top 200 chart. Production on the biopic begins in Los Angeles in early February.
“UHF is an OK movie made very good by Michael Richards (Kramer) Worth the time to watch.”
definitely worth watching, if for nothing else than the “Spatula World” ad ...
Ah, yes, that was a good one too, along with “Wheel of Fish” and other classics.
Man, now I have to see if I can find my DVD.
Daniel Radcliffe is 7 inches shorter in height.
This sounds like the babylon bee.. or april fools came early this year.
I hope so.
Song parody. By far the lowest form of comedy.
And Mr. Davis is making a stab at being funny, too.
There was already a pretty tongue-in-cheek episode of VH-1’s Behind The Music about Weird Al.
Same here, started a Google search to try to figure that comment out and didn’t get much so far.
Poor casting I think.
Anyhow, who plays Dr D?
Call the Wambulance.
He’s famously not a drunk or druggie, or promiscuous. And very high IQ. Degree in architecture in less than 4 years, I think. The writer seems to be making a joke.
Al did tweet today that he was making a movie.
You care so little for him, yet you bothered to make a negative post.
I sense that you are internally conflicted. Or boring.
CC
Who Playing DR.Demento and other Mighty Met sstaff?
They have truly run out of ideas.
Make a movie about him
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