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Australian distributor Umbrella Entertainment announced a release on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD, with a release date in April 2023. [43]

Milzoff, Rebecca (November 12, 2022). "How 'Weird Al' Yankovic Made a Biopic Just Like His Songs". Billboard . Retrieved November 12, 2022. Heller, Corinne (February 18, 2022). "Daniel Radcliffe Is Unrecognizable as 'Weird Al' Yankovic in Biopic Transformation". E! Online . Retrieved February 20, 2022. Production edit Development edit "Weird Al" Yankovic co-wrote the screenplay to the film with Eric Appel. 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] Lawson, Sarah (November 7, 2022). "How Weird Al Spoofed Himself". The New Yorker . Retrieved November 7, 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. 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.

a b "Daniel Radcliffe Lip Syncs in 'Weird Al' Movie, but He Still Sang Live in Front of Yankovic: It Was 'Intimidating' ". Variety. September 9, 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.”

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.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. In March 2022, Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss, and Julianne Nicholson were confirmed to star. [20] A few months later in July, it was revealed Quinta Brunson would also star. [21] Even though Weird is a parody, the filmmakers sought to cast actors known for primarily dramatic roles. Appel believed the humor would then come from the actors playing their roles in a serious, grounded manner, as if they were in a dramatic biopic, despite the absurdity of the scenes. [22]