a b Scott, Walter (October 28, 2022). " 'Weird Al' Gets Serious About His New Biopic and Whether He Had to Get Madonna's Permission To Use Her Likeness". Parade . Retrieved October 29, 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. Schneider, Michael (January 10, 2023). " Severance, Station Eleven, The Daily Show Lead 2023 DGA Awards Television Nominations". Variety . Retrieved January 12, 2023. 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.

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. a b c d "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Review: Novelty Acts & Cult Heroes Take The Spotlight". theplaylist.net . Retrieved October 19, 2022.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 Hailu, Selome (June 30, 2023). "TCA Award Nominations: 'The Bear,' 'Succession,' 'The Last of Us' Lead With Five Nominations Each". Variety . Retrieved July 2, 2023. 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.” Douglas, Edward (November 4, 2022). "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Director Eric Appel on Finding the Truth Among the Parody and Why He Cast Daniel Radcliffe". Above the Line . Retrieved November 6, 2022. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story . Funny or Die. June 25, 2013 . Retrieved February 20, 2022 – via YouTube.

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group acquired the rights to distribute the film in all international markets excluding Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [42] Verhoeven, Beatrice (January 12, 2023). "Producers Guild Awards 2023 Film and TV Nominations Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 12, 2023. a b c Grobar, Matt (January 18, 2022). " Weird: The Al Yankovic Story: Daniel Radcliffe To Portray Grammy Winner In Roku Biopic From Funny Or Die & Tango". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 20, 2022. In 2010, Funny or Die released a fake trailer for a satirical biographical film titled Weird: The Al Yankovic Story directed by Eric Appel and starring Aaron Paul as musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. [9] Additional co-stars in the three-minute-long trailer included Olivia Wilde as Madonna, Gary Cole and Mary Steenburgen as Yankovic's parents, and Patton Oswalt as Dr. Demento. Yankovic himself cameoed as a record producer. [10] At the time, the fake trailer was intended to parody prior biographical films on musicians, such as Ray (2004) and Walk the Line (2005). [11]Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

Grobar, Matt (December 22, 2022). "SCL Award Nominations 2023: 'Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio,' 'The Banshees Of Inisherin,' 'Nope,' 'The Batman' & 'Don't Worry Darling' To Compete For Outstanding Studio Film Score – Complete List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 12, 2023. Lawson, Sarah (November 7, 2022). "How Weird Al Spoofed Himself". The New Yorker . Retrieved November 7, 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. 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. Airing at the end of this year on The Roku Channel, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story sees Daniel Radcliffe portray the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time. The feature-length comedy aims to explore every aspect of Yankovic’s life, from his beginning interest in the accordion to his torrid celebrity love affairs.

Holub, Christian. "The true story behind Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — here's what really happened". Entertainment Weekly. 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 Thomas Lennon, Will Forte, James Preston Rogers and Dot-Marie Jones have also been confirmed as part of the cast. Bahr, Sarah (November 6, 2022). "Who Are All Those Celebrities at the Weird Al Pool Party?". The New York Times . Retrieved November 9, 2022. San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations". San Diego Film Critics Society. January 3, 2023 . Retrieved January 4, 2023.Quigley, Kellen (November 9, 2022). " 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' the parody to end all biopics". The Salamanca Press . Retrieved November 9, 2022. Heller, Corinne (February 18, 2022). "Daniel Radcliffe Is Unrecognizable as 'Weird Al' Yankovic in Biopic Transformation". E! Online . Retrieved February 20, 2022.