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LATEST INFO. The Roku Original film will star Daniel Radcliffe in the titular role of “Weird Al” Yankovic. 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.
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In 2010, Funny or Die released a fake trailer for a satirical biographical film titled Weird: The Al Yankovic Story directed by Eric Appel and starring Aaron Paul as musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. Additional co-stars in the three-minute-long trailer included Olivia Wilde as Madonna, Gary Cole and Mary Steenburgen as Yankovic's parents, and ...
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Nov 3, 2022 · DAVID BIANCULLI, BYLINE: It's been a dozen years now since music parody artist Weird Al Yankovic teamed with writer-director Eric Appel to make a comedy short for the Funny Or Die website.
Nov 6, 2022 · Director Eric Appel. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images. The project began almost 10 years ago, when Appel was working with the comedy site Funny or Die. One of the most viral sketches there was a...
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Sep 10, 2022 · Reviews. Daniel Radcliffe commits to the bit 10,000% in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. It’s a fun movie that plays with reality, fantasy, and parody, but it lives and dies on Radcliffe’s...
Jan 18, 2022 · Daniel Radcliffe ( The Lost City, Harry Potter franchise) has been tapped to play musician “Weird Al” Yankovic in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, a Roku Original biopic from Funny or Die...