Weird Al

The new film — starring Daniel Radcliffe and Evan Rachel Wood — puts a clever overwrought biopic spin on the parody king's life story. By Jon Blistein ...

based on a script Appel and Yankovic co-wrote. But of course, no music biopic would be complete without a redemption arc — and you better believe Weird has got one of those, too. [Weird: The Al Yankovic Story](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/watch-daniel-radcliffe-weird-al-teaser-1346987/).

Daniel Radcliffe nailed it as “Weird” Al Yankovic in the singer's upcoming biopic, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. See the film's first trailer below.

[Weird: The Al Yankovic Story](https://www.eonline.com/news/1320387/daniel-radcliffe-is-unrecognizable-as-weird-al-yankovic-in-biopic-transformation?query=weird%20alum) is the "unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, Al rebelled and made his dream of changing the words to world-renowned songs come true. "I was wondering if you were going to do a parody of my song, ‘Like a Virgin?'" she asks, as she seductively walked toward the actor. "My whole life, all I wanted is to make up new words to a song that already exists." [Madonna](https://www.eonline.com/news/madonna), who is played by [Evan Rachel Wood](https://www.eonline.com/news/evan_rachel_wood), during which the "Material Girl" singer shows up at Weird Al's house, asking him to make a parody of one of her biggest hits. [Weird: The Al Yankovic Story](https://www.eonline.com/news/1329530/daniel-radcliffe-is-a-whiskey-drinking-knife-wielding-weird-al-in-new-movie-trailer) was released, and the [Harry Potter](https://www.eonline.com/news/harry_potter) alum completely nailed his transformation into ["Weird" Al Yankovic](https://www.eonline.com/news/weird_al_yankovic).

The Weird Al movie finally has a full trailer and it is hilarious and ridiculous as we could have hoped. Daniel Radcliffe shines in the role.

In the meanwhile, we’ll just watch the Weird Al movie trailer over and over again. The Weird Al movie trailer will make you laugh, and then it will make you truly emotional. 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. [Daniel Radcliffe absolutely slaying the role before him](https://nerdist.com/article/weird-the-al-yankovic-story-teaser-trailer-daniel-radcliffe-roku-channel/), accordion in hand. Because the Weird Al biopic, WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, is coming our way soon. No, the level of parody is high, and the weirdness is off the charts.

The trailer shows Yankovic (Daniel Radcliffe) with his future bandmates crafting the beginnings of one of his first songs, "My Bologna." It also features ...

[he sang](https://youtu.be/rSAaiYKF0cs) Tom Lehrer's satirical song "The Elements," which lists elements of the periodic table, on The Graham Norton Show. [spoke on The Tonight Show ](https://www.insider.com/daniel-radcliffe-weird-al-yankovich-role-periodic-table-song-2022-3)about how he got cast in the role of Yankovic. Demento (Rainn Wilson), a California radio host who discovers Yankovic at a club, warns him, "I think Madonna is a bad influence on you."

Daniel Radcliffe is getting weird in Monday's new official trailer for the upcoming "Weird Al" Yankovic biopic. In addition to Radcliffe as "Weird Al," the ...

and will premiere in September at the Toronto International Film Festival. From there, the trailer takes off -- chronicling the bizarre rise of Weird Al, including a hook-up scene with Madonna (played by Evan Rachel Wood). Radcliffe -- with his curly brown mop of hair, wire-rim glasses and bushy mustache -- is almost unrecognizable.

In real life, it's unclear if the pair ever physically met, but the 64-year-old Queen of Pop did come up with the name of his Like a Virgin parody, ...

The pair shared the scene with the real-life Yankovic who not only played a record executive, but also served as co-writer and producer of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. 'Eat It!' The pair shared the scene with the real-life Yankovic who not only played a record executive, but also served as co-writer and producer of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story The fantasy continues as Madonna becomes a 'bad influence' on 'Weird Al' as they are trailed by fans and paparazzi.

From Freddie Mercury to James Brown to Madonna herself, many of the artists that “Weird” Al Yankovic has parodied have either received the biopic treatment, ...

Demento (who, like in the movie, really did give Yankovic his first airplay); and Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna, who, unlike in the movie really didn’t seduce Al and drag him to the dark side. That trailer was more of an explicit parody of rise-and-fall dramatic music biopics, while the new promo for the new full-length movie shows a slick, slyer take. So it’s only fitting that the musical madman himself is finally getting his own origin story in Weird, a movie about Al’s rise to mainstream ubiquity—one that turns out to be a parody of biopics themselves.

Daniel Radcliffe will be starring as Weird Al Yankovic in an upcoming biopic and this poster shows him rocking hard.

Since leaving the Harry Potter franchise, Daniel Radcliffe has selected an interesting number of projects to be involved in. Daniel Radcliffe appears to be in a massive stadium of adoring fans, stepping on the upraised feet of the crowd and singing to the heavens. Daniel Radcliffe will be portraying the musician in a [Roku film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story) titled Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and a new poster shows the actor in full regalia as the accordion-wielding comedy legend. The original director of the trailer, Eric Appel, returned to direct the feature film and co-wrote the screenplay along with Yankovic himself. Although Yankovic has been an immensely popular entertainer for decades now, the movie is presenting Daniel Radcliffe as a debauched, fame-addled version of him. In real life, Yankovic is known for avoiding profanity in his lyrics and is a non-drinker, non-smoker, and vegetarian.

The weird just got weirder with the trailer for Daniel Radcliffe's Weird: The Al Yankovic Story starring Evan Rachel Wood as a young Madonna.

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Brutal Youth have released a video for their cover of Weird Al's "Dare to be Stupid". The song originally appeared on Weird Al's album of the same name that ...

Starring Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, the film explores the life and career of comedy musician "Weird Al" Yankovic (real name Alfred Matthew Yankovic), ...

Watch the trailer below: Other actors set to appear in the movie include Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss, Julianne Nicholson, and Quinta Brunson. The first full trailer for the upcoming film, WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, has been released.

If there's one musician who effectively blended comedy and song to the highest degree, it's "Weird Al" Yankovic. The iconic bushy-haired songwriter shot to ...

Although Weird: The Al Yankovic Story looks like a fantastic and bellyaching-laughter-inducing piece of cinema, it is the farthest thing from a true representation of the quirky star's life. In the film, he can be seen at one point performing "Like a Surgeon" onstage while flanked by Madonna's backup dancers. The real Weird Al, despite being mega-famous, never really presented himself publicly in such a boisterous way. To which Madonna replies "Yes" and immediately transitions into a steamy make-out session, followed by Madonna adding, "Except for the fact that I've had a lot of sex." If there's one musician who effectively blended comedy and song to the highest degree, it's "Weird Al" Yankovic. This prompts Madonna to introduce herself and enter his home.