Daniel Radcliffe is gearing up to take on a role arguably much different than magical wizard Harry Potter. Radcliffe has signed on to portray "Weird Al" Yankovic in a biopic about his life, titled "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story." The project is being written by Funny or Die's Eric Appel and Yankovic.
It is set to be Roku's first original movie. Production for the biopic is set to begin next month in Los Angeles, a press release on Tuesday confirms. "Weird Al" Yankovic attends Disney Studios' premiere of "Encanto" at El Capitan Theatre on November 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter) "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. "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." "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," Colin Davis, Roku’s Head of Original Scripted Programming, said.
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