Weird Al to produce live-action film for Cartoon Network

“Weird Al” Yankovic‘s blog had all sorts of great news yesterday. First of all comes news that Yankovic’s going to be making a live-action film for the cable network:

Without going into too much detail, the good folks at Cartoon Network decided that they liked me and wanted me to provide some content for them – series, features, animation, live-action… they were open to anything. So after a couple years (yes, really) of the lawyers going back and forth, we finalized a deal – now all I have to do is start making stuff!

The first thing I’m on track to do for them is, in fact, a live-action feature film.

Al will not be the star of the project — it will most likely feature a teen protagonist — but it’s supposed to be a comedy. He’s already on the third draft of the script, and will also direct (his first full-length feature!).

Oh, and Yankovic also mentioned that he’ll be touring this year. Let’s hope for a Kansas City date, shall we? The last thing he released was his Essential double-disc, so it’d be fantastic to see a “greatest hits” kind of show.