{"id":10074,"date":"2022-05-03T16:12:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T20:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=10074"},"modified":"2022-05-03T16:15:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T20:15:37","slug":"weird-the-al-yankovic-story-teaser-trailer-the-roku-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=10074","title":{"rendered":"Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Teaser Trailer | The Roku Channel : Starring Daniel Radcliffe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roku has announced a new teaser trailer for upcoming original film, <strong>Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, <\/strong>which is\u00a0highlighting Daniel Radcliffe in the starring role. A new\u00a0feature film about the prolific career of Grammy-winning musician and pop cultural icon \u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic.<\/p>\n<p>The Roku Original film will star Daniel Radcliffe in the titular role of \u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic. The biopic holds nothing back, exploring every facet of Yankovic\u2019s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like \u201cEat It\u201d and \u201cLike a Surgeon\u201d to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle. &#8220;<strong>WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story<\/strong>&#8221; takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic\u2019s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen 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\u2019m very happy to say we\u2019re on schedule,\u201d said Yankovic. \u201cAnd 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere clearly aren&#8217;t enough biopic movies about famous musicians and we were excited to shine a light on the incredibly true, unexaggerated story of Weird Al,\u201d said Colin Davis, Roku\u2019s Head of Original Scripted Programming. \u201cThis 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEIRD: The Weird Al Yankovic Story<\/strong> is written by Al Yankovic &amp; Eric Appel. Eric Appel will also direct the film and is an executive producer. The film is produced by Funny Or Die and Tango. Al Yankovic produces, along with Mike Farah, Joe Farrell and Whitney Hodack for Funny Or Die, and Tim Headington, Lia Buman and Max Silva for Tango. Funny Or Die&#8217;s Henry Mu\u00f1oz III and Tango&#8217;s Neil Shah are executive producers.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen Weird Al first sat me down against my will and told me his life story, I didn\u2019t believe any of it, but I knew that we had to make a movie about it,\u201d writer and director, Eric Appel, added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited that my first project as the owner of Funny Or Die Studios is to help bring the story of \u2018Weird Al\u2019 Yankovic to the screen. Weird Al is a comic genius and his impact on pop culture, his mastery of the music video, his award-winning music and his incredible life are a perfect fit for the talented producers at FOD,\u201d said Henry Mu\u00f1oz III, Funny Or Die Chairman and executive producer. &#8220;We are honored to partner with Roku, Tango and our director Eric Appel on this important movie. WEIRD has brought together a weird and wonderful team of creative people, to tell the story of a man who has made people laugh and sing across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time. A five-time Grammy winner, his 2014 release Mandatory Fun was the first comedy album in history to debut at #1 on Billboard\u2019s Top 200. He is one of only three artists to have had their own top 40 hits in each of the last four decades (the other two being Michael Jackson and Madonna).\u00a0On August 27, 2018, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce awarded Weird Al with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roku has announced a new teaser trailer for upcoming original film, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, which is\u00a0highlighting Daniel Radcliffe in the starring role. 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