Apple TV+ just launched the first teaser trailer for WeCrashed starring Oscar winners Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. The Apple Original limited series is based on real events and explores the inner workings of WeWork, with Jared Leto channeling the company’s co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann. Hathaway plays Rebekah Neumann, Andy’s wife and the founder of WeGrow.
The cast of the eight-episode limited series also includes Kyle Marvin, America Ferrera, and O-T Fagbenle.
The series is based on Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello’s popular Wondery podcast, “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork.” Eisenberg and Crevello created the series and serve as writers, executive producers, and co-showrunners. John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (This Is Us, Crazy Stupid Love) directed and also executive produced along with Hathaway, Charlie Gogolak, and Natalie Sandy; Paradox’s Jared Leto and Emma Ludbrook; and Wondery’s Hernan Lopez, Marshall Lewy, and Aaron Hart.
Apple TV+ will release the first three episodes on March 18, 2022. New episodes will arrive on Fridays leading up to its April 22nd finale.
The Plot, Courtesy of Apple TV+:
The series is inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted. What happened?
The batch of eight new photos from the upcoming second season of Netflix’s Bridgerton includes new scenes with series newcomer Simone Ashley (Sex Education) who’s playing Kate Sharma. In one photo Kate’s showing up the men while in another she’s caught the attention of Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey).
The new photos also include Daphne (Phoebe Dyvenor) looking pensive while chatting with Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey); Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and her BFF Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie) sharing a secret; and the Sharma sisters with Kate’s Corgi, Newton.
Season two will premiere on Netflix on March 25, 2022.
Bridgerton is inspired by Julia Quinn’s novels and is a Shondaland production. Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, and series creator Chris Van Dusen executive produce, with Van Dusen serving as showrunner.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
The second season of Bridgerton follows Lord Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey), the eldest Bridgerton sibling and Viscount, as he sets out to find a suitable wife. Driven by his duty to uphold the family name, Anthony’s search for a debutante who meets his impossible standards seems ill-fated until Kate (Simone Ashley) and her younger sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran) Sharma arrive from India.
When Anthony begins to court Edwina, Kate discovers the true nature of his intentions — a true love match is not high on his priority list — and decides to do everything in her power to stop the union. But in doing so, Kate and Anthony’s verbal sparring matches only bring them closer together, complicating matters on both sides. Across Grosvenor Square, the Featheringtons must welcome the newest heir to their estate while Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) continues to navigate the ton whilst keeping her deepest secret from the people closest to her.
Bridgerton is a romantic, scandalous, and clever series that celebrates the timelessness of enduring friendships, families finding their way, and the search for a love that conquers all. The series also stars Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury), Lorraine Ashbourne (Mrs. Varley), Harriet Cains (Philipa Featherington), Bessie Carter (Prudence Featherington), Shelley Conn (Mary Sharma), Nicola Coughlan (Penelope Featherington), Phoebe Dynevor (Daphne Basset), Ruth Gemmell (Violet Bridgerton), Florence Hunt (Hyacinth Bridgerton), Martins Imhangbe (Will Mondrich), Claudia Jessie (Eloise Bridgerton), Calam Lynch (Theo Sharpe), Luke Newton (Colin Bridgerton), Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte), Luke Thompson (Benedict Bridgerton), Will Tilston (Gregory Bridgerton), Polly Walker (Portia Featherington), Rupert Young (Jack), and Julie Andrews as the voice of Lady Whistledown.
The Lord of the Rings series is now officially The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Prime Video announced the full title in a gorgeous title treatment video featuring the letters of the title “forged from real motlen metal running like fiery rivers through hand-carved wooden ravines.” (Prime Video’s description was too good not to quote.) Prime Video said the title was actually physically forged in a blacksmith foundry and then captured in slow motion.
The one-minute video in which the title’s unveiled came to life with a voice-over quoting lines from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Ring Verse.”
“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”
“This is a title that we imagine could live on the spine of a book next to J.R.R. Tolkien’s other classics. The Rings of Power unites all the major stories of Middle-earth’s Second Age: the forging of the rings, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the epic tale of Númenor, and the Last Alliance of Elves and Men,” stated showrunners J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay. “Until now, audiences have only seen on-screen the story of the One Ring – but before there was one, there were many… and we’re excited to share the epic story of them all.”
Season one stars Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Maxim Baldry, Nazanin Boniadi, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Charles Edwards, and Trystan Gravelle. Sir Lenny Henry, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Joseph Mawle, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Lloyd Owen, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers, Leon Wadham, Benjamin Walker, Daniel Weyman, and Sara Zwangobani are also part of the huge ensemble cast bringing to life J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
Showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay executive produce with Lindsey Weber, Callum Greene, J.A. Bayona, Belén Atienza, Justin Doble, Jason Cahill, Gennifer Hutchison, Bruce Richmond, and Sharon Tal Yguado. Ron Ames and Christopher Newman serve as producers. Co-executive producer Wayne Che Yip directs along with J.A. Bayona and Charlotte Brändström.
Season one of the fantasy adventure series will premiere on Friday, September 2, 2022. Season two is currently in pre-production.
The Plot, Courtesy of Prime Video:
Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and one of the greatest villains that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness.
Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared reemergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the farthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.
The release of the official trailer and poster for Outlander season six means the end of Droughtlander is in sight! The nearly two and a half minute trailer opens with a romantic scene between Claire and Jamie before giving way to battlefield scenes.
“I canna be two things at once, Claire…a rebel, a loyalist. An agent for the Crown and an enemy of the king,” declares Jamie (Sam Heughan) as the world around him falls into chaos.
The trailer ends with Claire, upset and anxious to assure Jamie of her love. “I don’t belong here. Brianna, Roger…they don’t belong here. But yet here we are – all of us – because I loved you more than the life that I had,” says Claire (Caitriona Balfe). “And this, I promise you, won’t come between us.”
During the 2021 New York Comic-Con panel, Sam Heughan hinted at what life on Fraser’s Ridge will be like in the upcoming season. “I think Jamie and Claire have spent a lot of time building this community and I think this is the season where we see that really disintegrate. Jamie…he went to save Claire but I think obviously she hasn’t gotten over that trauma. I think Jamie’s very aware of it; he’s keeping an eye on her. I think these cracks are really starting to show, not only for Jamie and Claire but for the rest of the inhabitants of Fraser’s Ridge.
The war is coming…it always seems to be coming…but it is coming and we’re very aware. Jamie’s really having to tread a fine line between his loyalties. He knows he’s on the wrong side, the British, and at some point, he’s going to have to switch sides. But it’s even harder this season for him because he’s being pulled in both directions,” said Heughan.
Outlander‘s 12 episode sixth season, which is based on Diana Gabaldon’s A Breath of Snow and Ashes, will premiere on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT on Starz.
Poster for ‘Outlander’ season 6 (Photo Credit: Starz)
The Plot, Courtesy of Starz:
The sixth season of Outlander sees a continuation of Claire and Jamie’s fight to protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America. Establishing a home in the New World is by no means an easy task, particularly in the wild backcountry of North Carolina – and perhaps most significantly – during a period of dramatic political upheaval. The Frasers strive to maintain peace and flourish within a society which – as Claire knows all too well – is unwittingly marching towards Revolution.
Against this backdrop, which heralds the birth of the new American nation, Claire and Jamie have built a home together at Fraser’s Ridge. They must now defend this home – established on land granted to them by the Crown – not only from external forces, but also from the increasing strife and conflict in the community within their care. For the Frasers and their immediate family, “home” is more than simply a site in which they live, it is the place where they are laying the foundations for the rest of their lives.
If Season 4 asked “What is home?” and Season 5 asked, “What are you willing to do to protect your home?” then Season 6 explores what happens when there is disharmony and division among the inhabitants of the home you’ve created: when you become an outsider, or an ‘outlander,’ so to speak, marginalized and rejected in your own home.
Meat Loaf joins the TAPS team for a ‘Ghost Hunters’ episode (Photo Courtesy of discovery+)
Meat Loaf will be a special guest investigator on a February 2022 episode of discovery+’s Ghost Hunters. The February 12th episode’s titled “The Haunted House on the Hill” and finds the TAPS team and Meat Loaf journeying to an old Tennessee farmhouse that has a reputation for paranormal activity.
Per the official synopsis: “Rumors of terrifying activity have plagued the property for decades, but the new owners want to reassure the community that their home doesn’t harbor dangerous entities.”
The reboot of Ghost Hunters stars original TAPS team members Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves, and Dave Tango, along with Shari DeBenedetti. The 12-episode season features the team revisiting some of their most frightening cases as well as checking out new potential hauntings.
discovery+ and the Travel Channel also released details on their upcoming slate of programming for February 2022.
VAMPIRES IN AMERICA
TWO-HOUR SPECIAL – Begins Streaming Tuesday, February 1 on discovery+ and Premieres Same Day at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
Vampire hunters Eric Streit and Marcel von Tingen have spent their lives investigating vampire activity in some of the darkest corners of the world. An alarming surge in missing person cases sends the team to Arizona to investigate if a pack of bloodsucking fiends have emerged from hibernation. Their high-tech hunt uncovers a far more nefarious plan than either could have imagined.
A HAUNTING
Terrifying true stories of the paranormal are told by the people who experienced them. The mystery and origin of each haunting is unraveled through mesmerizing first-person accounts and dramatic re-enactments, leaving a lingering sense that life and death are far stranger than ever imagined. [Hour-long episodes]
“Return to Bergen House” – Begins Streaming Friday, February 4 on discovery+
New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Friday, February 4 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
A woman finds herself in a nightmare when she is forced to return to the home that haunted her childhood. When the spirits get aggressive, paranormal researchers and psychics band together to give her what she’s wanted for decades – answers.
“Nevermore” – Begins Streaming Friday, February 11 on discovery+
New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Friday, February 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
A couple finds themselves under attack by paranormal forces summoned by a jealous ex. As the dark spirits grow more violent, they turn to multiple paranormal experts in an attempt to break the curse by any means before it breaks them up.
KINDRED SPIRITS
Professional paranormal investigators Amy Bruni, Adam Berry and psychic medium Chip Coffey are facing hauntings unlike anything they’ve seen yet in the new season of KINDRED SPIRITS. Bruni, Berry and Coffey dig deep into the past to identify the restless spirits haunting America’s oldest inns, homes and estates. Utilizing a range of tools and techniques, their multilayered investigations tackle frightening tales of possession, aggressive entities and more. Together, the team elicit shocking evidence and connections with the other side that lead them closer to the truth, as they search for answers behind each haunted tale. [Hour-long episodes]
“Disorderly Conduct” – Begins Streaming Saturday, February 5 on discovery+
New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Saturday, February 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
Amy Bruni, Adam Berry and psychic medium Chip Coffey investigate escalating paranormal problems at a New York home undergoing renovations. The entities within are fiercely protective of the property and lash out when the team attempts to communicate.
“Death Alley” – Begins Streaming Saturday, February 12 on discovery+
New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Saturday, February 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
Amy Bruni, Adam Berry and Chip Coffey investigate the century-old Rialto Theater in Morrilton, Arkansas, haunted by a menacing shadow figure. Employees worry the uninvited guest may have come from a nearby alley rumored to be the site of many murders.
MOUNTAIN MONSTERS
It’s Bigfoot or bust for AIMS as the team head back to the Tygart Valley to hunt down a massive Sasquatch that roams those hidden hills. Equipped with an old shoeshine box full of clues, the guys soon learn they’re in a cryptozoic hot spot unlike any other. As they chase the numerous monsters of the Tygart Valley and build breathtaking traps, the team discover that Trapper may have been onto this secret all along, and the key to the entire puzzle may be within their reach. Welcome to the biggest, baddest and craziest season of Mountain Monsters yet! [Hour-long episodes]
“World’s Biggest Bigfoot Nest” – Begins Streaming Sunday, February 6 on discovery+
New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Sunday, February 6 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
The AIMS team gets a hot lead on a massive Bigfoot nest hidden in the hills of the Tygart Valley. With some help from tech wizard Cowboy Ken, the boys take to the skies to scout out the exact location and uncover their best Bigfoot evidence to date.
The Fallout explores the aftermath of a school shooting by focusing on two high school students who were trapped together in a bathroom while bullets shattered young lives. The coming-of-age drama, which marks Megan Park’s feature film directorial debut, just released a compelling new trailer starring Jenna Ortega (Scream, You) and Maddie Ziegler (West Side Story, Dance Moms) as the students whose shared trauma forges a friendship that helps with the healing process.
The Fallout won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for Narrative Feature at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival. The R-rated drama currently sits at 92% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
In addition to Ortega and Ziegler, the cast includes Niles Fitch (This Is Us), Will Ropp (The Way Back), John Ortiz (Promised Land), Julie Bowen (Modern Family), and Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies).
Megan Park wrote and directed, with Shaun Sanghani, Todd Lundbohm, David Brown, Rebecca Miller, Cara Shine, Joannie Burstein, and Giulia Prenna producing. Christina Lundbohm, Greg Young, Mark Andrews, and Stephanie Denton executive produced.
The Falling will premiere on HBO Max on January 27, 2022.
Bolstered by new friendships forged under sudden and tragic circumstances, high schooler Vada (Ortega) begins to reinvent herself, while re-evaluating her relationships with her family, friends and her view of the world. Moving away from her comfortable family routine, she starts taking chances with a series of quicksilver decisions that test her own boundaries and push her in new directions. As she spends more time with Mia (Ziegler), they grow closer, and Vada slowly redefines herself through their shared experiences, leading her further away from that day and closer to living her life in the now.
Fox’s The Resident is taking a bit longer with its winter break than originally planned, with season five episode 11 now set to air on February 1, 2022 rather than January 25th. Episode 11 is titled “Her Heart” and finds Nic’s heart recipient back at the ER.
New season five episodes air on Tuesdays at 8pm ET/PT.
Season five stars Matt Czuchry as Dr. Conrad Hawkins, Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Dr. AJ Austin, Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Randolph Bell, Jane Leeves as Dr. Kit Voss, and Manish Dayal is Dr. Devon Pravesh. Jessica Lucas plays Dr. Billie Sutton, Anuja Joshi is Dr. Leela Devi, and Miles Fowler is Trevor.
“Her Heart” Plot: A case turns personal for Conrad when the donor recipient of Nic’s heart is admitted to the ER. Bell is faced with a devastating diagnosis that causes him to make a heartbreaking decision. Meanwhile, the Raptor asks Devon to include his ailing mother in his clinical trial, causing Devon to face a major dilemma.
Entering its fifth season, The Resident continues to shine a light on the daily heroism of our health care workers. The provocative medical drama follows the doctors and nurses at Chastain Memorial Hospital as they face personal and professional challenges and fight for their patients’ health.
Season four saw a multitude of highs and lows as the heroes at Chastain struggled to overcome the impossible, including the unprecedented and devastating Covid-19 pandemic. Now, in a propulsive and emotional season five, the ante is upped, as the doctors continue to save patients and fight corruption in the healthcare system, this time with a partner. The alliance with Big Pharma that found a cure for sickle cell disease last season proves in season five to be a very sharp double-edged sword.
The season kicks off when a mysterious ransomware attack threatens the hospital, and DR. DEVON PRAVESH (Dayal) and Chastain’s recently appointed CEO, DR. KIT VOSS (Leeves), must make high-stakes, split-second decisions with lives in the balance. Meanwhile, DR. CONRAD HAWKINS (Czuchry) and NURSE PRACTITIONER NICOLETTE NEVIN’s (Emily VanCamp) attempts to navigate parenthood, marriage and work-life balance take a shocking turn when Conrad is forced to make a life-changing choice that will alter the course of their family forever.
After the unwanted arrival of DR. BILLIE SUTTON’s (Lucas) biological son, she is forced to confront her past head-on in hopes of healing. Luckily, she’ll have help with the emergence of a new friendship – and rivalry – with DR. AJ AUSTIN (Malcolm-Jamal Warner), who unknowingly takes an interest in Billie’s son, TREVOR (Fowler). Elsewhere, a wrench is thrown in the plans of DR. LEELA DEVI (Joshi), when an unannounced visitor threatens her new relationship, and DR. RANDOLPH BELL (Greenwood) moves forward with a surprising love interest.
A new wrinkle five episodes into the season will challenge audience expectations and reveal new truths about our characters. Old relationships will be tested, new ones formed, and the emergence of a widespread Medicare fraud scheme ensures Chastain will never be the same.
CBS has moved NCIS: Hawai’i season 1 episode 12 up a day from its scheduled January 24, 2022 premiere. The first half of a two-part episode will now air on Sunday, January 23rd following the AFC Divisional Playoff Game. The game kicks off at 6:30pm ET and the episode will air immediately after the game ends.
The two-episode arc will conclude on Monday, January 24th at 10pm ET/PT.
Season one episode 12 was directed by LeVar Burton from a script by Yakira Chambers and Ron McGee. Mahina Napoleon, Julie White, Seana Kofoed, Beulah Koale, and April Parker Jones guest star.
Vanessa Lachey (Call Me Kat, Truth Be Told) leads the cast as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant plays Kai Holman, Noah Mills stars as Jesse Boone, and Yasmine Al-Bustami plays Lucy Tara. The first season also stars Jason Antoon as Ernie Malik and Tori Anderson as Kate Whistler.
“Spies, Part 1” Plot: When NCIS investigates the mysterious death of a Navy engineer, Joseph Chan, they learn the last person he met with was his colleague, Maggie Shaw (White), Jane’s mentor and friend, who’s been kidnapped. Also, David Sola (Koale), a New Zealand intelligence service case officer arrives in Hawai’i, following a lead that connects Joseph’s death to a Chinese black op secret agent.
The world’s most successful television series continues on the seductive shores of the Aloha State with NCIS: Hawai’i, where the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor, Jane Tennant, has thrived and risen through the ranks by equal parts confidence and strategy in a system that has pushed back on her every step of the way. Together with her unwavering team of specialists, they balance duty to family and country while investigating high-stakes crimes involving military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the sun-drenched island paradise itself.
THE 64th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS logo (Photo: 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
The Recording Academy has settled on a new date and location for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. The Grammys were originally set to take place on January 31, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA, however it was announced earlier this month that “after careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners” the Recording Academy and CBS opted to postpone the awards show.
To quote their initial announcement, the move was to help ensure the “health and safety of those in our music community, the live audience, and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly to produce our show.”
Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the Omicron variant, The Recording Academy and CBS have rescheduled the Grammys to April 3, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The Grammy Awards will air live on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, April 3rd beginning at 8pm ET/5pm PT.
Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s Emmy Award-winning The Daily Show, is still on board to return as host for the second time.
The CMT Awards will be moved from its original scheduled date of April 3rd to accommodate the Grammy Awards shift. There’s no word yet on the new date other than it will be sometime later in April.
“Once we realized the need to move the Grammy Awards to a later date due to current health concerns, we came together quickly with our partners at the Recording Academy and CMT, to strategically reschedule these two incredible music events and utilize the full power of the ViacomCBS ecosystem to promote them,” stated Jack Sussman, Executive Vice President, Specials, Music, Live Events & Alternative Programming, CBS. “Coming out of an exciting month of college basketball on CBS, we’re thrilled to continue our programming momentum with these two big live events for television in the spring.”
Additional dates and locations for other official Grammy week events will be announced soon.
Nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards were announced on November 23, 2021. CBS and The Recording Academy haven’t revealed who’ll be taking the stage for the 2022 awards show other than host Trevor Noah. The Recording Academy previously announced the lineup for MusiCares Annual Gala Benefit Concert, but they haven’t confirmed if that lineup will remain the same following the schedule change.
Daniel Radcliffe to star as Weird Al Yankovic in a Roku Channel original film (Photos Courtesy of Roku)
There’s a Weird Al Yankovic biopic in the works and it has Daniel Radcliffe (the Harry Potter franchise) on board to star. Let that sink in a minute…Daniel Radcliffe as a five-time Grammy Award winner. Yankovic wrote WEIRD: The Weird Al Yankovic Story with Eric Appel and is all-in on the casting choice.
“When my last movie UHF came out in 1989, I made a solemn vow to my fans that I would release a major motion picture every 33 years, like clockwork. I’m very happy to say we’re on schedule,” said Yankovic. “And I am absolutely thrilled that Daniel Radcliffe will be portraying me in the film. I have no doubt whatsoever that this is the role future generations will remember him for.”
Filming is expected to begin in February 2022 with Appel directing and executive producing. The biopic will air exclusively on The Roku Channel.
“When Weird Al first sat me down against my will and told me his life story, I didn’t believe any of it, but I knew that we had to make a movie about it,” said Appel.
The Funny Or Die and Tango production has Yankovic producing along with Funny Or Die’s Mike Farah, Joe Farrell, and Whitney Hodack. Tango’s Tim Headington, Lia Buman, and Max Silva also produce. Funny Or Die’s Henry Muñoz III and Tango’s Neil Shah are on board as executive producers.
“There clearly aren’t enough biopic movies about famous musicians and we were excited to shine a light on the incredibly true, unexaggerated story of Weird Al,” said Colin Davis, Roku’s Head of Original Scripted Programming. “This is sincerely the ultimate combination of talent, creativity, and friends, coming together to make something genuinely funny and we could not be prouder to call this film a Roku Original.”
“I am excited that my first project as the owner of Funny Or Die Studios is to help bring the story of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic to the screen. Weird Al is a comic genius and his impact on pop culture, his mastery of the music video, his award-winning music and his incredible life are a perfect fit for the talented producers at FOD,” stated Henry Muñoz III, Funny Or Die Chairman and executive producer. “We are honored to partner with Roku, Tango and our director Eric Appel on this important movie. WEIRD has brought together a weird and wonderful team of creative people, to tell the story of a man who has made people laugh and sing across the world.”
The Roku Channel released the following description of WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story:
“The Roku Original film will star Daniel Radcliffe in the titular role of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic. The biopic holds nothing back, exploring every facet of Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle. WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.”
