Comedy Central has just announced that they’re teaming up with Weird Al to premiere the parody artist’s first televised concert special in over a decade. Not since ‘99, has such an event taken place.
Weird Al Yankovic Live - The Alpocalypse Tour will debut Saturday, Oct 1 at 9 pm with a DVD, Blu-ray and digital release on the follow Tuesday (Oct 4).
There’s no doubt about it, Al is having a renaissance and deserves every second of it. If it wasn’t too early I’d say set your DVRs.
To be released in limited engagement August 12th, the movie will be a 3D taping of this summer’s Glee tour.
If you want to see somethingHilarious, head out to the movies on Sept. 8. EW.com has learned that Louis C.K.’s stand-up concert film—which premiered at Sundance in January—will be screened for that one night in the following eight cities: Austin;Boston; Chicago; Los Angeles;New York City; Philadelphia; San Francisco; and Washington, D.C.(Click on the individual cities orwww.louisck.net for more information on Friday, when tickets begin to go on sale.) If you can’t find Louis C.K.: Hilariousat a theater near you, fear not. The cable channel Epix will debut the film on Sept. 18, and Comedy Central also has plans to air it next year and to release it on DVD. The 42-year-old comedian, known for his fearlessness and loathing (self-based and other kinds), can be seen in his FX comedy Louie; he’ll alsokick off a 31-city stand-up tour on Sept. 17 in San Francisco.
Paramount Pictures has set Step Up 3D helmer Jon Chu to direct its 3D feature film about teenage singing sensation Justin Bieber. At the same time, the studio has bolstered the producing roster by adding Magical Elves partners Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz. They are the team behind such TV reality shows as Top Chef, Project Runway and Project Greenlight. They join Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, and Island Def Jam chairman L.A. Reid, as producers. There is barely any time for high-fiving here, because work on the film has already begun: Bieber’s concert in Nashville is being filmed for behind the scenes footage. Cameras will follow him, culminating in the August 31 performance in Madison Square Garden, which will be filmed using 3D cameras. Paramount had originally intended for An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim to direct the film. Though Guggenheim has musical credits like It Might Get Loud with The Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White, he dropped out to focus on promoting his acclaimed education docu Waiting for Superman, which Paramount is distributing.
