Daniel Radcliffe to play Weird Al Yankovic in Roku biopic

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Daniel Radcliffe has his next movie lined up, and it‘s going to get weird. It was revealed Tuesday that the “Harry Potter” star has been cast to portray Al Yankovic in hisupcoming biopic, “WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story.” The musician tweeted Tuesday morning “So… I’m making a movie.” Two hours later he shared Deadline’s article announcing the news adding, “See?? I’m not kidding about this!”See?? I’m not kidding about this! https://t.co/p1qww3R20vThe film will be available to stream exclusively on Roku and production will kick off in Los Angeles next month.

Things are about to get weird. Daniel Radcliffe will play Weird Al Yankovic in an upcoming biopic about the musician and comedian.

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Grab your accordions because Daniel Radcliffe is going to play “Weird Al” Yankovic in an upcoming biopic.

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.

Daniel Radcliffe is gearing up to take on a role arguably much different than magical wizard Harry Potter. Radcliffe has signed on to portray "Weird Al" Yankovic in a biopic about his life, titled "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story." The project is being written by Funny or Die's Eric Appel and Yankovic.

There aren’t many musicians who can say they’ve had a successful career spanning decades, but Weird Al Yankovic is one of those people. So, while we get a slew of rock biopics about music legends, you knew it was only a matter of time before Hollywood turned its gaze to the life of Weird Al.

Harry Potter actor, Daniel Radcliffe, will be starring in an upcoming biopic about Weird Al Yankovic, a Grammy-Award winning musical icon.   WEIRD: The Weird Al Yankovic Story will star Radcliffe in the titular role as Weird Al himself, and will follow his story; from his rise to fame in the music industry and even his celebrity love affairs.  Alfred Matthew ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic was born in 1959, and is an American singer, record producer, musician and actor.

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Zack Sharf Daniel Radcliffe is set to star as Grammy-winning musician ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic in the Roku original movie “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” The film is Roku’s first original biopic and will be available to stream exclusively on The Roku Channel. The project is produced by Funny Or Die and Tango.