🐽Hollywood actor Daniel Radcliffe of 'Harry Potter' fame is all set to play Weird Al Yankovic in the musician's biopic titled 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’, which will be a Roku Original.
ꦫAccording to Deadline, the movie is produced by Funny or Die and Tango and will be accessible for streaming exclusively on The Roku Channel.
🔯Yankovic, who is also a producer, is ecstatic that Radcliffe will play him in the film, which will go on to become a hit and said "the role future generations will remember him for".
💞“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,” said Yankovic. “I have no doubt whatsoever that this is the role future generations will remember him for.”
🎐“I am excited that my first project as the owner of Funny Or Die Studios is to help bring the story of ‘Weird Al’ 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,” said Henry Munoz III, who serves as Funny Or Die’s chairman and executive producer.
🦩Early next month, filming will begin in Los Angeles. Radcliffe will next be featured as an antagonist in the action-adventure comedy picture ‘The Lost City’. He was recently seen in the HBO Max special ‘Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts.’
