{"id":32010,"date":"2022-01-18T13:33:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=32010"},"modified":"2022-01-18T13:33:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:33:49","slug":"the-roku-channel-to-bring-weird-al-yankovics-story-to-life-in-new-roku-original-comedy-starring-daniel-radcliffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/18\/the-roku-channel-to-bring-weird-al-yankovics-story-to-life-in-new-roku-original-comedy-starring-daniel-radcliffe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roku Channel to Bring &#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Yankovic&#8217;s Story to Life in New Roku Original Comedy Starring Daniel Radcliffe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32011\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wierd-al-1-18-2022-05004.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wierd-al-1-18-2022-05004.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wierd-al-1-18-2022-05004-300x229.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roku today announced an all-new feature film about the prolific career of Grammy-winning musician and pop cultural icon &#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Yankovic. Produced by Funny Or Die and Tango, <strong><em>WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story<\/em><\/strong> will be available exclusively on The Roku Channel. Production on the biopic begins in Los Angeles in early February.<\/p>\n<p>The Roku Original film will star Daniel Radcliffe in the titular role of &#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Yankovic. The biopic holds nothing back, exploring every facet of Yankovic&#8217;s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like &#8220;Eat It&#8221; and &#8220;Like a Surgeon&#8221; to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle. <em>WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story<\/em> takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic&#8217;s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.<\/p><div id=\"morty-927710162\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;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&#8217;m very happy to say we&#8217;re on schedule,&#8221; said Yankovic. &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There 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,&#8221; said Colin Davis, Roku&#8217;s Head of Original Scripted Programming. &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>WEIRD: The Weird Al Yankovic Story<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When Weird Al first sat me down against my will and told me his life story, I didn&#8217;t believe any of it, but I knew that we had to make a movie about it,&#8221; writer and director, Eric Appel, added.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3034353784\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I am excited that my first project as the owner of Funny Or Die Studios is to help bring the story of &#8216;Weird Al&#8217; 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,&#8221; 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Weird Al&#8221; 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&#8217;s 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). On August 27, 2018, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce awarded Weird Al with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>The Roku Channel is the exclusive home of Roku Originals. From award-winning scripted entertainment and engaging documentaries to new breakout unscripted series, Roku Originals gives viewers free access to bold, fresh entertainment from the biggest names in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2017, The Roku Channel is the home of free and premium entertainment on the Roku platform. In Q1 2021, The Roku Channel reached U.S. households with an estimated 70 million people. In Q3 2021, The Roku Channel was a top-five channel on the platform in the U.S. by active account reach. Today, The Roku Channel features a diverse lineup of more than 80,000 free movies and programs and 220+ free live linear television channels. It licenses and distributes content from more than 200 partners. 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