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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. Giardina, Carolyn (January 9, 2023). " 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Leads Sound Editors' Golden Reel Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 9, 2023. Milzoff, Rebecca (November 12, 2022). "How 'Weird Al' Yankovic Made a Biopic Just Like His Songs". Billboard . Retrieved November 12, 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. 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 Roku Channel. "Roku Original - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story". Roku . Retrieved September 29, 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?

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story". RogerEbert.com. November 4, 2022. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Julianne Nicholson, known for I, Tonya and Mare of Easttown, portrays Mary Yankovic and Spencer Treat Clark, whose previous credits include Gladiator, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Animal Kingdom, plays Steve Jay. Quinta Brunson and Toby Huss appear as Oprah Winfrey and Toby Huss.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] a b Kyle Mullin (November 4, 2022). "Eric Appel on Directing and Casting "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" ". Under the Radar. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. a b c d e f g h Itzkoff, Dave (September 8, 2022). "When Weird Al Yankovic Met Daniel Radcliffe, Things Got … Well, You Know". The New York Times . Retrieved September 10, 2022. 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.

Lawson, Sarah (November 7, 2022). "How Weird Al Spoofed Himself". The New Yorker . Retrieved November 7, 2022. 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. Spangler, Todd (July 19, 2022). "Quinta Brunson Transforms Into Oprah in 'Weird' Al Yankovic Movie Alongside Daniel Radcliffe". Variety . Retrieved July 19, 2022. Alongside Radcliffe, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story boasts an impressive cast. Westworld’s Wood and The Office’s Wilson play Madonna and Dr. Demento respectively. a b c d e Greenblatt, Leah. "Daniel Radcliffe commits fully in the loopy fact-free biopic 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' ". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved September 10, 2022.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. 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. 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 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 edit

Robinson, Tasha (November 10, 2022). " 'Weird Al' Yankovic regrets not letting Daniel Radcliffe sing in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story". Polygon . Retrieved November 18, 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.There are one or two vaguely decent things here: a nice gag about no one recognising Queen bassist John Deacon, and a game performance from Julianne Nicholson. Having just portrayed Marilyn Monroe’s mother in Blonde, Nicholson now gets to play Al’s mum, placidly telling her music-obsessed boy things such as: “Stop being who you are and doing the things you love.”