Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has just landed a super interesting role as he will be playing ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic in an upcoming biopic film being developed by Roku. The movie is titled Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and the project is being produced by Funny Or Die and Tango. Yankovic is involved with the project as well and he even co-wrote the script with Eric Appel, who is also set to direct.
The synopsis for the film reads:
“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. ‘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.”
Like many of you, I grew up enjoying the insanity of Weird Al! The guy always made me laugh with his hilarious parody songs and then, of course, there was his 80s film UHF, which was so freakin’ funny! I always laughed so hard while watching that awesomely stupid movie!
Yankovic hilariously said in a statement, “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. 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.”
Colin Davis, Roku’s Head of Original Scripted Programming, added, “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. This 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.”
I have no doubt that this is biopic is going to be a ridiculously good time, especially with Radcliffe in the role of Weird Al! I can’t wait to see this! Production on the biopic begins in Los Angeles in early February.
Source: Variety