 Daniel Radcliffe will star as famed musical parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic in an upcoming biopic for Roku Channel. Yankovic co-wrote the script for "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" along with Eric Appel ("Son of Zorn"), who will direct the project. More: - The project comes from producers Funny or Die and Tango.
- According to the official synopsis from Roku, the film will explore "every facet of Yankovic's life" including "torrid celebrity love affairs and [his] famously depraved lifestyle."
- This is the first film project from Yankovic since 1989's cult comedy "UHF."
- Production on the film will kick off in Los Angeles in early February.
- Yankovic is the #1 best-selling comedy recording artist of all time, and has won five Grammy Awards to date.
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 "Moon Knight" NEW TRAILERS SHUT IN: Thriller from director D.J. Caruso ("Disturbia") starring Rainey Qualley as a single mother who's held captive by her violent ex-boyfriend (Vincent Gallo) along with her two children. The script by Melanie Toast was featured on the 2019 Black List of Hollywood's best unproduced screenplays. The film will be released by the conservative media site The Daily Wire in the US on February 10. [Daily Wire] THE CUPHEAD SHOW!: Animated series designed in a retro style evoking early 20th Century cartoons, based on the popular 2017 video game. The series follows the misadventures of impulsive scamp Cuphead (Tru Valentino) and his more cautious brother Mugman (Frank Todaro) through the surreal Inkwell Isles. It arrives on February 18. [Netflix] SEVERANCE: Tech thriller series starring Adam Scott as a staffer at Lumon Industries, who agrees to undergo an invasive surgical procedure that will permanently separate memories of his work and home lives. The cast also includes Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Jen Tullock, and Christopher Walken. Ben Stiller ("Escape at Dannemora") directed. The show debuts on February 18. [Apple TV+] VIKINGS: VALHALLA: Debut spin-off of the historical drama series "Vikings," set long after the original series, and exploring the eventual decline of Viking culture during a period of conflict between Nordic and British kingdoms. Sam Corlett, Frida Gustavsson, and Leo Suter co-star as famed explorer Leif Eriksson, religious leader Freydis Eriksdotter, and Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson, respectively. Original "Vikings" co-creator Jeb Stuart will serve as showrunner. The new series debuts on February 25. [Netflix] MOON KNIGHT: The next Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) tie-in series stars Oscar Isaac as mild-mannered gift shop employee Steven Grant, who discovers that he's one of several individuals inhabiting the body of mysterious international mercenary Marc Spector. Doug Moench ("Harley Quinn") created the series and wrote the scripts; Mohamed Diab ("Amira") and the team of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead ("Synchronic") directed. It arrives on March 30. [Disney+]
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DAILY CALENDAR TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 HOW I MET YOUR FATHER: Debut Hulu sitcom serving as a sequel to CBS' "How I Met Your Mother," starring Hilary Duff as Sophie, who's relating a story about her friends and romantic life to her kids in the future. The cast also includes Chris Lowell, Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran, and Suraj Sharma; Kim Cattrall voices the older Sophie. The first two episodes drop today. [Hulu] DOTA: DRAGON'S BLOOD: The animated fantasy-adventure series -- based on the 2013 video game "Dota 2" -- is back with a batch of new episodes, titled "Book 2." Animators Studio Mir also collaborated on Netflix's "Witcher" prequel film, "Nightmare of the Wolf." [Netflix] MIGHTY EXPRESS: TRAIN TROUBLE: 30-minute special based on the animated Netflix Jr. series about a town full of talking trains and their kid helpers, from "Paw Patrol" creator Keith Chapman. [Netflix] FATHER BROWN: British period detective series, based on the short stories by G.K. Chesterton, and starring Mark Williams as a crime-solving Catholic priest in the 1950s. Season 9 comes to the US via BritBox today. [BritBox] SNAPPED: The Oxygen true-crime docuseries looks at high-profile or particularly strange cases in which female suspects have been accused of murder. Season 29 comes to Peacock today. [Peacock]
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 Netflix ordered a first season for the animated dark comedy procedural "Bad Crimes," starring Nicole Byer and Lauren Lapkus. The duo will voice a pair of FBI agents and close friends who travel across the country solving grisly murder cases. More: - "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" vet Nicole Silverberg created the series and will executive produce alongside "King of the Hill" co-creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels; Byer and Lapkus are also on board as executive producers.
- Byer hosts the Netflix reality competition series "Nailed It!," for which she's earned two Emmy nominations; her first Netflix comedy special, "BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo)" debuted last year.
- Lapkus also has a history with Netflix; she appeared in numerous episodes of the series "Orange is the New Black," has been a guest judge on "Nailed It!," appeared in the films "Between Two Ferns: The Movie" and "The Wrong Missy," and was one of the featured performers on the sketch series "Netflix Presents: The Characters."
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 Former NBA player and social media influencer Rex Chapman joined the upcoming streaming platform CNN+ as a new host. Chapman has over 1.1 million followers to his Twitter account, where he frequently shares light-hearted or inspiring viral videos. More: - Chapman previously hosted the Adult Swim series "Block or Charge," which was inspired by a format from his tweets.
- He also hosts two podcasts, "Charges with Rex Chapman" and "The Rex Chapman Show."
- Chapman played basketball for the University of Kentucky prior to a 12-season NBA career.
- CNN+ previously announced shows featuring anchors Kate Bolduan, Sara Sidner, Chris Wallace, and Kasie Hunt.
- CNN+ is expected to launch later this year; a full programming line-up will be announced within the next few weeks.
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 Netflix canceled the Paris Hilton unscripted series "Cooking with Paris" after a single season. The first six episodes debuted in August and only briefly cracked the platform's Top 10 rankings in the US. More: - The series found inexperienced home chef Hilton tackling various recipes along with celebrity friends, including Kim Kardashian West, Nikki Glaser, Demi Lovato, Saweetie, Lele Pons, and family members Kathy and Nicky Hilton.
- Last year, Hilton also starred in the Peacock reality series "Paris in Love," which chronicled preparations for her wedding to venture capitalist Carter Reum; no word yet on whether that show will return for future seasons.
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 According to Deadline, Fox may continue to expand its "9-1-1" fictional universe of procedural dramas. This year, the original "9-1-1" is in its fifth season, and the spin-off "Lone Star" is back for Season 3. More: - Fox's President of Entertainment Michael Thorn told Deadline that the network is eager for ways "where we could continue to build on the momentum" of the franchise, so long as the new series are sufficiently distinct from the original two.
- NBC's "One Chicago" franchise currently includes three shows: "Chicago Fire," "Chicago PD," and "Chicago Med."
- The original "9-1-1" -- from creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Tim Minear -- debuted in 2018, and centers on the experiences of a crew of first responders, including police officers, firefighters, and dispatchers, in Los Angeles; "Lone Star" follows a new set of characters in Austin, Texas.
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- The animated "The Boys" spin-off, subtitled "Diabolical," will debut on Amazon Prime Video in its entirety on March 4; the series explores previously untold stories from across the world of "The Boys."
- Actors Ethan Hawke and Myha'la Herrold joined the cast of the Netflix thriller "Leave the World Behind," from "Mr. Robot" creator Sam Esmail; Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali co-star in the film, which is based on a novel by Rumaan Alam.
- Netflix's "The Power of the Dog" took home its 21st Best Picture prize of this award season, from the North Dakota Film Society, setting a new record that was previously held by "Roma."
- CBS News hired former Wall Street Journal executive Anthony Galloway as its new vice president of streaming.
- YouTube's Global Head of Original Content Susanne Daniels exited the company after six years; during her tenure at the streamer, she developed and launched the series "Cobra Kai," among others.
- The Netflix reality/game show series "Flinch" -- originally produced in Ireland -- will be adapted for the Russian market.
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