Weird Al Yankovic

Made for the Roku Channel in the US, this upcoming biopic about Weird Al Yankovich looks gloriously silly. In too many music biopics to count, a star is...

Yankovic is one of the screenwriters, in fact, alongside director Eric Appel (a TV sitcom veteran with Happy Endings, New Girl, With Radcliffe seemingly having the time of his life as the musician behind 'Another One Rides the Bus', 'Smells Like Nirvana' and 'Amish Paradise' — plus comedic riffs on pretty much every other big song of the past four-plus decades that you can think of — Weird: The Al Yankovic Story really is exactly what it sounds like. Radcliffe sports wire-framed glasses, those shirts, that hair and Yankovic's instantly recognisable moustache in the music biopic, which feels like it was cast by the internet. [The Lost City](https://concreteplayground.com/brisbane/event/the-lost-city-3)), says in the just-dropped full trailer for Weird — in case you thought the film wasn't going to be gloriously ridiculous. And, he certainly didn't don the curliest of wigs, swan around in Hawaiian shirts with his chest hair flapping in the breeze or pick up an accordion, either — but Weird is making all of the above magic happen. The list goes on, and also includes Radcliffe having an absolute ball in the lead role.

The Harry Potter actor will play the beloved comedian and musician in the film, which promises to follow Yankovic's life “from his rise to fame in the music ...

I’m very happy to say we’re on schedule,” Yankovic said in a previous statement. The Harry Potter actor will play the beloved comedian and musician in the film, which promises to follow Yankovic’s life “from his rise to fame in the music industry to his celebrity love affairs”. The film – full title WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story – will be released via The Roku Channel on November 4 after a premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next week (September 8).

Daniel Radcliffe stars in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, a sure to be weird look at the life and career of the song parodist. Here's what we know.

Maisel, Saturday Night Live, Only Murders in the Building and is always up for a Seinfeld rerun. Michael Balderston is a DC-based entertainment and assistant managing editor for What to Watch, who has previously written about the TV and movies with TV Technology, Awards Circuit and regional publications. Taking on the role of Weird Al is none other than Daniel Radcliffe. [Westworld](https://www.whattowatch.com/westworld-season-4-everything-we-know)) as Madonna, Rainn Wilson ( [The Office](https://www.whattowatch.com/how-to/how-to-watch-the-office)) as Dr. 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." Appel has directed episodes for hit shows including Die Hart, Though we all got to know Radcliffe from a young age as the boy wizard, his post Potter career has been highlighted by fun, off-the-beaten path performances. Other cast members include Thomas Lennon (Reno! Now Weird Al is getting his own (tongue-and-cheek) true life tale told as a movie. The movie is going to get some extra exposure before its release, as it is screening as part of the Midnight Madness sidebar at the Toronto International Film Festival, running from September 8-18. Who is in the Weird: The Al Yankovic Story cast? It’s just about everything else that appears to be hilariously exaggerated, like his troubled personality and relationship with Madonna.

The new trailer for the Weird Al Yankovic trailer has dropped and Daniel Radcliffe has transformed into the parody king of the 80s.

In the film, Weird Al says ‘I’m a trainwreck’, intercut with images of excessive drinking, partying, and trips to the hospital. Fans were surprised, however, to see a scene teased of Weird Al and Madonna making out and are now wondering if the two ever actually dated. The entire trailer is a parody, so please take it with a very large pinch of salt.

From Freddie Mercury to James Brown to Madonna herself, many of the artists that “Weird” Al Yankovic has parodied have either received the biopic treatment, ...

Demento (who, like in the movie, really did give Yankovic his first airplay); and Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna, who, unlike in the movie really didn’t seduce Al and drag him to the dark side. That trailer was more of an explicit parody of rise-and-fall dramatic music biopics, while the new promo for the new full-length movie shows a slick, slyer take. So it’s only fitting that the musical madman himself is finally getting his own origin story in Weird, a movie about Al’s rise to mainstream ubiquity—one that turns out to be a parody of biopics themselves.

Daniel Radcliffe, the Harry Potter star of the world's biggest children's franchise, breaks new ground as he plays Weird Al Yankovic in parody biopic.

He’s the nicest human and he was on set every day, so it was just a real pleasure.” “He gave me his own accordion to practise on for the month. On day two of that, I broke one of the straps … Thankfully, he’s like the nicest guy.” So I’m very, very lucky.’’ “I sang The Elements next to Colin Farrell and a very bemused Rihanna,” Radcliffe said, in an episode of the UK’s The Graham Norton Show.

Weird Al Yankovic's biopic, 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' has a new trailer and we have our first chaotic look at Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna.

In the latest trailer, audiences get a sensual and suitably strange look at Evan Rachel Wood’s turn as Madonna when she turns up to Yankovic’s fancy abode. The movie is billed as a comedy biopic about the rise of iconic parody artist Weird Al Yankovic, written, produced by, and starring the man himself. The film’s supporting cast of characters includes a sea of famous faces; including mononymic icons Madonna and Oprah.

If there's one musician who effectively blended comedy and song to the highest degree, it's "Weird Al" Yankovic. The iconic bushy-haired songwriter shot to ...

Although Weird: The Al Yankovic Story looks like a fantastic and bellyaching-laughter-inducing piece of cinema, it is the farthest thing from a true representation of the quirky star's life. In the film, he can be seen at one point performing "Like a Surgeon" onstage while flanked by Madonna's backup dancers. The real Weird Al, despite being mega-famous, never really presented himself publicly in such a boisterous way. To which Madonna replies "Yes" and immediately transitions into a steamy make-out session, followed by Madonna adding, "Except for the fact that I've had a lot of sex." If there's one musician who effectively blended comedy and song to the highest degree, it's "Weird Al" Yankovic. This prompts Madonna to introduce herself and enter his home.

A trailer for the biopic 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' shows just how ripped Daniel Radcliffe got for the role, and people on Twitter are already ...

(If that movie was a soft reboot of Romancing the Stone, Radcliffe was firmly in the Danny DeVito role.) In that regard, the role of Weird Al is perfectly in keeping with his tastes, and he has certainly taken to the curly wig and Hawaiian shirt with gusto. When the trailer first hit Twitter, people were slightly confused, and it prompted many to ask: was Weird Al ever really that cut? Since appearing in the Harry Potter films, Radcliffe has carved out a niche for himself where he tends to play, well, weirdos, most recently opposite Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in The Lost City.