![]() Īn actual full-length film of the same name was officially announced in January 2022, with Daniel Radcliffe set to star in the title role. The two looked at common tropes in other musician biopics, finding that facts about the musician's life were often changed arbitrarily, and used a similar approach to writing Yankovic's biographical story with the same type of creative freedom. He and Appel began to shop the idea around Hollywood, but the studios' initial impressions were that the film was going to be in the vein of a Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker full-on parody and passed on the idea. Following the success of other musician biopics such as Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and Rocketman (2019), Yankovic began to legitimately consider the idea of making a full-length film. Yankovic would show the trailer during his concert tours leading some fans to think it was for a real film or encouraging him to make it one. At the time, the fake trailer was intended to parody prior biographical films on musicians, such as Ray (2004) and Walk the Line (2005). Additional co-stars in the three-minute-long trailer included Yankovic himself, Olivia Wilde, Gary Cole, Mary Steenburgen, and Patton Oswalt. 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. Thomas Lennon appears as an accordion salesman. Nat Faxon as Gilbert Gottfried (uncredited)Īdditionally, the real "Weird Al" Yankovic appears as Tony Scotti (president of Scotti Brothers Records) as homage to his original role in the Funny or Die skit, and also provides onscreen Al's singing voice.Lin-Manuel Miranda as Michael Jackson.Tommy O'Brien as Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz.Julianne Nicholson as Mary Yankovic, Al's mother.Toby Huss as Nick Yankovic, Al's father.Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird Al" Yankovic. ![]()
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