Weird: The Al Yankovic Story to Premiere at Toronto Film Festival

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, the humorous musician's debut album, will be shown this year at the prestigious Tokyo International film festival.

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The movie will have its festival debut on September 8, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. ET in the Midnight Madness division.

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On Friday, November 4, 2022, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story will be streamable only on The Roku Channel, so don't worry if you can't make it to the premiere.

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The Roku Channel also unveiled a brand-new teaser trailer for the movie along with the announcement of the TIFF premiere, featuring Daniel Radcliffe as the amazing and well-known Yankovic.

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The most popular novelty's amazing life is briefly seen in the new teaser.

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We get a quick look in the new teaser into the amazing life of everyone's favourite novelty artist and his unwavering devotion to, well, accordions.

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The teaser begins with a glimpse of a raucous concert crowd and the band playing the stage introduction; this is pretty much what you would expect from a musical biography.

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Al, with his moustache and curly hair, is soon revealed. He turns to the crowd with maniacal pleasure and his distinctive accordion in hand, ready to put on a performance for them.

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Eric Appel directed and co-wrote the film with Yankovic. The film is produced by Funny Or Die and Tango.

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You can catch Weird: The Al Yankovic Story exclusively on The Roku Channel on Friday, November 4, 2022.

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