Daniel Radcliffe To Play 'Weird Al' Yankovic In Biopic Movie

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Los Angeles, Jan 19 (IANS) Actor 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. Yankovic co-wrote the film's script with Eric Appel, who is also set to direct the project, reports variety.com.## The official 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' synopsis from Roku reads: "The biopic holds nothing back, exploring every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle".## '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.## "When my last movie UHF came out in 1989, I made a solemn vow to my fans that I would release a major motion picture every 33 years, like clockwork. I'm very happy to say we're on schedule," said Yankovic in a statement.## "And I am absolutely thrilled that Daniel Radcliffe will be portraying me in the film. I have no doubt whatsoever that this is the role future generations will remember him for".## Colin Davis, Roku's Head of Original Scripted Programming, added: "There clearly aren't enough biopic movies about famous musicians and we were excited to shine a light on the incredibly true, unexaggerated story of Weird Al.## "This is sincerely the ultimate combination of talent, creativity, and friends, coming together to make something genuinely funny and we could not be prouder to call this film a Roku Original".## "Weird Al" Yankovic is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time and a five-time Grammy winner. The musician's 2014 release Mandatory Fun was the first comedy album in history to debut at number one on Billboard's Top 200 chart.## Production on the biopic begins in Los Angeles in early February.## Stay tuned...