Al Yankovic gets his money’s worth in the new trailer for the parody biopic from the parody artist. Strange: The Al Yankovic Story will star Daniel Radcliffe as Weird Al himself, telling the not-so-true story of Al’s famous life. The film is slated for release on November 4 on streaming service The Roku Channel.
Strange‘s trailer goes through some of the typical touchstones one might expect to find in a musician biopic and puts them through a suitably goofy Weird Al filter. There are scenes from Al’s childhood in which his parents worry about his polka obsession, a sequence in which he amazes his friends with an impromptu rendition of “My Bologna,” and his descent into strife and ruin thanks to…Madonna (Evan Rachel Wood). There’s even the presence of a suspicious older promoter (Dr. Demento, played by Rainn Wilson) who wants to use Al to help him make it big. All of this is played out to the ridiculous degree you’d expect from a film about a man who made his name writing parody songs.
The film also stars Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary School) as Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Toby Huss (Stop and catch fire), Julianna Nicholson (I Tonya) and Spencer Treat Clark (Agents of SHIELD). Strange is directed by Eric Appel (Silicon Valley) and written by Appel and Al Yankovic themselves.
