five-time Grammy winner, Yankovic is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time and is known for imitating and parodying the works of his musical contemporaries“Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe is set to play “Weird Al” Yankovic in the musician’s biopic, which will be a Roku Original project. I’m very happy to say we’re on schedule.” Colin Davis, Roku’s Head of Original Scripted Programming, said the streamer is excited to shine a light on “the incredibly true, unexaggerated story of Weird Al”. “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. Mike Farah, Joe Farrell and Whitney Hodack are producing the film for Funny Or Die, and Tim Headington, Lia Buman and Max Silva for Tango. Radcliffe, who recently appeared in the HBO Max special “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts”, will next be seen playing an antagonist in the action-adventure comedy film “The Lost City”.

Source: The Star January 19, 2022 09:26 UTC