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Verhoeven, Beatrice (January 12, 2023). "Producers Guild Awards 2023 Film and TV Nominations Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 12, 2023. Rihanna, Billy Eichner, 'Elvis,' 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' top Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) winners". AwardsWatch. November 17, 2022 . Retrieved November 26, 2022. Grobar, Matt (December 22, 2022). "SCL Award Nominations 2023: 'Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio,' 'The Banshees Of Inisherin,' 'Nope,' 'The Batman' & 'Don't Worry Darling' To Compete For Outstanding Studio Film Score – Complete List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 12, 2023. A feature film of the same name was officially announced in January 2022, with Daniel Radcliffe set to star in the titular role. It was directed by Appel from a screenplay he co-wrote with Yankovic. [15] [16] Appel jokingly stated, "When Weird Al first sat me down against my will and told me his life story, I didn't believe any of it, but I knew that we had to make a movie about it." [9] Village Roadshow Entertainment Group acquired the rights to distribute the film in all international markets excluding Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [42]

Holub, Christian. "The true story behind Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — here's what really happened". Entertainment Weekly. The film includes a brief glimpse of Yankovic's "Eat It" video, though with Radcliffe's face digitally superimposed on Yankovic's. Yankovic had the 16mm footage of the original video which he digitized in 4K by himself to be used for the superimposing, and which he later released onto YouTube after re-editing the footage while he was on The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour to match the original video frame-for-frame. [32] Cultural references editEisenberg, Eric (April 14, 2022). "Aaron Paul Was Supposed To Be A Surprise Addition To The Weird Al Movie, But Explains Why He Had To Bow Out At The Last Second". CinemaBlend . Retrieved April 14, 2022. Galuppo, Mia (September 9, 2022). "Daniel Radcliffe and Accordions Get Big Applause at the 'Weird' TIFF Premiere". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 9, 2022. The biopic was directed by Eric Appel, who is making his feature film directing debut after a long stint directing TV. When is the Weird: The Al Yankovic Story film release date?

Hailu, Selome (June 30, 2023). "TCA Award Nominations: 'The Bear,' 'Succession,' 'The Last of Us' Lead With Five Nominations Each". Variety . Retrieved July 2, 2023. Thomas Lennon, Will Forte, James Preston Rogers and Dot-Marie Jones have also been confirmed as part of the cast. Nolfi, Joey (September 8, 2022). " RuPaul's Drag Race queen Nina West plays drag icon Divine in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved September 9, 2022. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Coming to Blu-ray and DVD in December". Movies . Retrieved August 25, 2023. Gleiberman, Owen (September 9, 2022). " 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' Review: Daniel Radcliffe Gets His Goof on in a Daffy-Droll Music Biopic That Skewers Its Hero and Itself". Variety . Retrieved September 9, 2022.Willman, Chris (November 10, 2023). "2024 Grammys Nominations Full List: SZA Leads With 9 Noms, Phoebe Bridgers Follows With 7". Variety . Retrieved November 10, 2023. Kreps, Daniel (March 2, 2022). "See Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna in First Look Photo From 'Weird Al' Yankovic Biopic". Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 2, 2022. Bahr, Sarah (November 6, 2022). "Who Are All Those Celebrities at the Weird Al Pool Party?". The New York Times . Retrieved November 9, 2022.

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story will be released on November 4, 2022. Before that, its world premiere is scheduled at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8. How to watch Weird: The Al Yankovic Story in the UK? Roku Enlists Village Roadshow to Sell 'Weird' Internationally". The Hollywood Reporter. November 22, 2022.

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Al is shown to turn his dream into reality, becoming an instant success and sex symbol in the process. Evan Rachel Wood features as a young Madonna while Dr. Demento (played by Rainn Wilson) discovers and rechristens the soon-to-be star. Vlessing, Etan (August 4, 2022). "Toronto Film Festival: Daniel Radcliffe's Weird: The Al Yankovic Story to Open Midnight Madness". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 4, 2022 . Retrieved August 4, 2022. Schneider, Michael (January 10, 2023). " Severance, Station Eleven, The Daily Show Lead 2023 DGA Awards Television Nominations". Variety . Retrieved January 12, 2023. The Roku Channel. "Roku Original - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story". Roku . Retrieved September 29, 2022. In 2010, Funny or Die released a fake trailer for a satirical biographical film titled Weird: The Al Yankovic Story directed by Eric Appel and starring Aaron Paul as musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. [9] Additional co-stars in the three-minute-long trailer included Olivia Wilde as Madonna, Gary Cole and Mary Steenburgen as Yankovic's parents, and Patton Oswalt as Dr. Demento. Yankovic himself cameoed as a record producer. [10] At the time, the fake trailer was intended to parody prior biographical films on musicians, such as Ray (2004) and Walk the Line (2005). [11]

In August 2023, Shout! Studios announced a release on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD in the United States and Canada with a release date of December 12, 2023. [44] [45] Reception edit Daniel Radcliffe received critical acclaim for his performance as "Weird Al" Yankovic. Critical response edit IPA Reveals Nominations for the 27th Satellite™ Awards". International Press Academy. December 8, 2022 . Retrieved December 8, 2022. Motomayor, Rafael (September 9, 2022). "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Review". Ign.com. Ziff Davis Inc . Retrieved November 25, 2022.Gajewski, Ryan (March 19, 2022). "Daniel Radcliffe Says He Landed 'Weird Al' Role Due to Novelty Song He Performed for Rihanna". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 19, 2022. Robinson, Tasha (November 10, 2022). " 'Weird Al' Yankovic regrets not letting Daniel Radcliffe sing in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story". Polygon . Retrieved November 10, 2022. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story had its world premiere at the Royal Alexandra Theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2022, [39] and was released on The Roku Channel on November 4, 2022. [9] [40] Yankovic requested that the film have a limited release in theaters to make it eligible for the 95th Academy Awards; Roku declined, preferring for the film to be instead eligible for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards. [41] Weird: The Al Yankovic releases exclusively on The Roku Channel. After launching a free, ad-supported streaming channel in the US in 2017, the service then launched in the UK in 2020 with a different selection of films and TV shows.