Al Yankovic is hitting the large time within the new trailer for the parody artist’s parody biopic. Bizarre: The Al Yankovic Story will star Daniel Radcliffe as Bizarre Al himself and and inform the not-so-true story of Al’s well-known life. The film is ready for launch on The Roku Channel streaming service on Nov. 4.
Bizarre’s trailer runs by way of among the typical touchstones you may count on in a musician biopic and places them by way of a fittingly foolish Bizarre Al filter. There are scenes from Al’s childhood the place his mother and father fear about his Polka obsession, a sequence the place he amazes his mates with an improvised rendition “My Bologna,” and his descent into strife and wreck because of … Madonna (Evan Rachel Wooden). There’s even the presence of a suspicious older promoter (Dr. Demento, performed by Rainn Wilson) who needs to make use of Al to assist him hit it massive. All of it’s performed as much as the ridiculous diploma you’d count on from a film a couple of man who made his identify writing parody songs.
The film additionally stars Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) as Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Toby Huss (Halt and Catch Hearth), Julianna Nicholson (I, Tonya), and Spencer Deal with Clark (Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Bizarre is directed by Eric Appel (Silicon Valley) and written by Appel and Al Yankovic himself.
