Weird Al Biopic Starring Daniel Radcliffe Drops First Teaser

By Stephen Andrew

The upcoming "Weird Al" Yankovic biopic movie, starring Daniel Radcliffe as the iconic comedy musician, has dropped its first teaser trailer. In the brief promo, we get a better look at the Harry Potter star dressed up as Yankovic in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, including a gratuitous on-stage shirtless scene and almost enough accordions shots. The clip does not reveal a premiere date, but does confirm that the film will debut this fall on The Roku Channel.

The new comedy biopic film is directed by Eric Appel from a script he wrote with Yankovic. In a previous statement on the new film, Appel joked, "When Weird Al first sat me down against my will and told me his life story, I didn't believe any of it, but I knew that we had to make a movie about it." Yankovic added, per Deadline, "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. 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."

In addition to Radcliffe, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story also stars Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss, and Julianne Nicholson. It has also been teased that Olivia Wilde, Gary Cole, Mary Steenburgen, and Patton Oswalt all appeared as well. The movie began filming in late February and wrapped in early March, just 18 days later.

In a past statement, Roku's Head of Original Scripted Programming, Colin Davis commented on the new project, sharing his excitement to be part of it. "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," he said. "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." In addition to Roku's involvement, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is being produced by Funny or Die and Tango. Henry Muñoz III, Funny Or Die's Chairman and an executive producer on the film, said, "I am excited that my first project as the owner of Funny Or Die Studios is to help bring the story of 'Weird Al' Yankovic to the screen."

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