First look of Daniel Radcliffe as 'Weird Al' Yankovic from singer's biopic out

The first look of Daniel Radcliffe as Grammywinning musician Weird Al Yankovic from The Roku Channels upcoming biopic Weird The Weird Al Yankovic Story has been unveiledThe Roku Channel shared the films first look on its official Instagram account writing Daniel Radcliffe is alfredyankovic Your first look at WEIRD is hereView this post on InstagramA post shared by The Roku Channel therokuchannelIn the first look image Radcliffe as the legendary musician is seen playing a piano accordion wearing his signature large retro glasses and a Hawaiian shirtAs per Variety Weird The Weird Al Yankovic Story began production in Los Angeles earlier this monthThe Roku Original film is set to dive into all aspects of Yankovics life and career from his rise to fame with early hits like Eat It and Like a Surgeon to celebrity love affairs and his lifestyle off the stageSpeaking about the upcoming biopic Radcliffe said in a statement on Tuesday Wearing the Hawaiian shirt is a huge responsibility that I dont take lightly Im honoured to finally share with the world the absolutely 10037 unassailably true story of Weird Als depraved and scandalous lifeYankovic who is also one of the films writers had earlier spoken about the film and said 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 forAlongside Yankovic the upcoming biopic is written by Eric Appel who is also directing and executive producing the projectWhen Weird Al first sat me down against my will and told me his life story I didnt believe any of it but I knew that we had to make a movie about it Appel stated previouslyThe description for the film says it holds nothing back exploring every facet of Yankovics 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 Yankovics life and career from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all timeThe biopic is produced by Funny or Die and Tango and is set to be exclusively available on the Roku Channel upon releaseFunny or Dies Henry Munoz III and Tangos Neil Shah are additional executive producers Yankovic also produces along with Mike Farah Joe Farrell and Whitney Hodack for Funny or Die Tim Headington Lia Buman and Max Silva produce for TangoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever