Do you remember where you were when “Weird” Al Yankovic entered your life? For me, it was listening to the Doctor Demento show on a Boston radio station during a summer vacation at my Nana’s house. My cousin Bill told me I had to listen to it since we didn’t get the show back in Raleigh. The show presented all the fun music and wrapped up with Demento playing “Yoda” by a guy named Weird Al that was him and an accordion. He’d reworked the Kinks’ “Lola” to tell the story of the Empire Strikes Back character. Little did I know that night that Weird Al would be a continuing presence in my life. He kept cranking out the hits and dominating the charts. What’s the story behind the musician who went from recording himself in a bathroom to Grammy stardom? Now we all can know with the release of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story on home video. The movie is nominated for an Emmy. Who plays Al? How about Harry Potter in his greatest role ever? Daniel Radcliffe gets deep into giving us the real Al behind the accordion. You can get deep since there’s a 4K UHD of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story along with digital, DVD and Blu-ray. Here’s the press release from Shout! Studios:
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| The Unexaggerated True Story About the Greatest Musician and Sex Symbol of Our Time Weird: The Al Yankovic Story |
| Acclaimed Film Available as a 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD December 12 from Shout! Studios Available for Digital Purchase November 10 |
| An uproarious meta parody of the life and career of one of the most unique and esteemed musicians of our time, the critically acclaimed Roku Original film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story will be available to own on home entertainment formats for the first time December 12, 2023 from Shout! Studios. Nominated for eight Primetime Emmy™ Awards and beloved by fans worldwide, this wildly creative bio-pic parody stars Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, and an A-list cast of thousands. Weird will be available as a two-disc 4K UHD + Blu-ray, a two-disc Blu-ray + DVD edition, and as a standalone DVD. All physical editions will include a bevy of new bonus features, with details to be announced at a future date. Fans can pre-order their copies now by visiting ShoutStudios.com. The film will also be available for digital rental or purchase as a digital download on November 10, 2023. In Weird, Daniel Radcliffe is “Weird Al” Yankovic in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician and sex symbol of our time. With Evan Rachel Wood and Rainn Wilson. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story was originally released by Roku on The Roku Channel on November 4, 2022. It was embraced by critics and audiences alike and has since received numerous accolades including eight Primetime Emmy™ nominations. Winners will be announced at the 75th Primetime Emmy™ Awards in January 2024. About Shout! Studios Launched in 2003, Shout! Studios is a multiplatform media company specializing in film and TV distribution, development, and production. The company has evolved with the changing entertainment landscape to excel in all forms of content distribution, including theatrical, digital streaming, broadcast and in-flight licensing, physical media, and more. Shout! Studios owns and manages a large portfolio of contemporary and classic feature films, series, animation, and documentaries. The company’s creative acquisition mandate has established it as a leading independent distributor, with partners and properties including Aardman Animations, ALF, The Carol Burnett Show, Stephen J. Cannell Productions, The Johnny Carson Show, the Roger Corman New Horizons Pictures Library, GKIDS, ITV Studios, LAIKA Studios, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (in partnership with creator Joel Hodgson), and Sesame Street, alongside many others. Shout! Kids focuses on live-action and animated kids and family properties including anime, and the company releases genre and horror films and television shows under the Scream Factory imprint. Shout! Studios also produces, acquires, and distributes new films, and operates the acclaimed streaming service Shout! TV and its family of FAST channels. Shout! Studios is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Studios, visit ShoutStudios.com |
