Daniel Radcliffe will play “Weird Al” Yankovic in upcoming biopic
Weird: The “Weird Al” Yankovic Story will feature the Harry Potter star as the parody artist.
Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe will star as "Weird Al" Yankovic in an upcoming biopic of the parody songwriter. Weird: The “Weird Al” Yankovic Story will be co-written and produced by Yankovic; Eric Appel will serve as co-writer, producer, and director. Funny Or Die will produce the film for The Roku Channel.
“When my last movie UHF came out in 1989," Yankokvic said in a statement obtained by Deadline, "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.”
A statement from Colin Davis, Roku's Head of Original Programming, suggests that the film won't follow a traditional biopic narrative. “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,” David said.
In 2013, Appel directed a standalone trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul starred as Yankovic. Watch that below.