World of Weird Al Yankovic

Not a ton of info, but at least it's official now:
http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/

Too bad Al won't be in it (at least not very much), but still very cool.

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!!!

And mrmeadows, uh....Al WILL be in it. Definitely an appearance. Just not as the star around whom everything revolves. It could be anything from a vital supporting role to a few-second cameo, but he WILL be in it.

And MAYBE I'M CRAZY, but I have a feeling Chris Hardwick will be in it somewhere too. That's just my wild prediction.

Again, AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!!! I LOVE CARTOON NETWORK AGAIN!!!!!

Can't wait! Although it sounds like it'll be a kids movie.....sort of like how The Weird Al Show was a kids show....

Awesome. I love watching non cartoons on Cartoon Network! I'd be interested to see if CN gets Al to do more than just a movie. I can just see him getting his own block of programming, Al Swim.

Can't wait! Although it sounds like it'll be a kids movie.....sort of like how The Weird Al Show was a kids show....

Only with one important difference...whatever he does for CN, it will in NO WAY be a shoehorned educational project! CN *HATES* educational smurf!

Don't dismiss this just because it's a "kids movie." Lots of kids movies are fun as hell, if the right talented people are behind them, and no worries about that here. I imagine this project will wind up looking something like what TWAS COULD'VE been if not for the bleeding FCC.

FredHuggins wrote:AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!!!

And mrmeadows, uh....Al WILL be in it. Definitely an appearance. Just not as the star around whom everything revolves. It could be anything from a vital supporting role to a few-second cameo, but he WILL be in it.:

Right...which is why I said he wouldn't be in it "very much". I read his "I'll be making AN appearance" to mean it would be something closer to the few-second cameo than a full-on supporting role.

In any case, I hope he at least writes and sings a song for it. (Maybe his appearance in the movie will be a musical performance!)

All right! I can't wait!

Quite cool news, but I do hope Al's role is more than a 5-second cameo. Even better is that this will hopefully be the first of many Al projects on CN, as he said. Congrats Al!

While I do think it's wonderful news that Al is writing and directing a new movie, I am a little saddened by CN going live action. The C is for CARTOON. Like the M in MTV used to be for music and the V in VH1 used to be for video.

... it's a downward spiral.

I am very excited for this project and frankly would prefer Al to just have a small cameo rather than anything requiring acting chops. We have already seen Al act in a feature film, but we haven't seen him direct one. I am most interested in seeing how the mind of Weird Al applies itself to a feature when he doesn't have to worry about being in front of the camera at the same time.

Also, Al, if you are reading this I would love to work on the crew once you guys go into production!!!