Renowned parody artist “Weird Al” Yankovick announced via Twitter and his blog earlier today that he is going to direct a new live-action movie for Cartoon Network that isn’t a sequel to UHF. So far he has said little about it other than the fact that he has written it himself, and will feature a young, high-school aged protagonist. Shooting will most likely begin later this year, so we shouldn’t expect it until 2011 at the soonest.
I’m excited about this new project as I’ve been a lifelong fan of Mr. Yankovick and his work. While I’m a little upset that the show isn’t going to be about him I have faith that whatever he does will be a laugh riot. Hopefully he turns a critical eye towards the tween, high-school drama of today and delivers the same satire we’ve all come to love from him over the years.