{"id":515507,"date":"2022-11-25T00:31:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T21:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/weird-al-yankovic-says-warner-bros-turned-down-his-harry-potter-parody-request\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T00:31:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T21:31:03","slug":"weird-al-yankovic-says-warner-bros-turned-down-his-harry-potter-parody-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/weird-al-yankovic-says-warner-bros-turned-down-his-harry-potter-parody-request\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic Says Warner Bros. Turned Down His \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 Parody Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d3f964439d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d3f964439d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/weird-al-yankovic-says-warner-bros-turned-down-his-harry-potter-parody-request\/#%E2%80%9CWeird_Al%E2%80%9D_Yankovic_Says_Warner_Bros_Turned_Down_His_%E2%80%98Harry_Potter_Parody_Request\" >\u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic Says Warner Bros. Turned Down His \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 Parody Request<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWeird_Al%E2%80%9D_Yankovic_Says_Warner_Bros_Turned_Down_His_%E2%80%98Harry_Potter_Parody_Request\"><\/span>\u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic Says Warner Bros. Turned Down His \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 Parody Request<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic has parodied everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a> songs for beloved franchises like <em>Star Wars<\/em> to iconic rap songs like \u201cGangsta\u2019s Paradise.\u201d Still, one title he never got to revamp is \u201cHedwig\u2019s Theme,\u201d the <em>Harry Potter <\/em>theme song, but that wasn\u2019t for lack of trying. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    While promoting his biopic <em>Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,<\/em> the award-winning artist revealed he tried to get permission to parody the theme song and was turned down by Warner Bros. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWhenever it was, about a decade or two ago, I approached the movie company just to get a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> blessing like, \u2018Hey, I\u2019d like to do a <em>Harry Potter<\/em> parody.\u2019 And I think they said no, or they never responded or whatever,\u201d Yankovic told <em>The Hollywood Reporter. <\/em>\u201cBut sometimes when you\u2019re dealing with franchises, and you ask permission, you know, there\u2019s so many people that can say no, and they usually do.\u201d <em>THR <\/em>has reached out to Warner Bros. for comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    After being shut down, Yankovic says he learned his lesson for future parodies. \u201cIf I\u2019m doing a franchise, it\u2019s usually better just to do it and ask for forgiveness rather than permission,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Despite not being allowed to write a parody for the iconic magical franchise, Yankovic remains a big fan of it, joking that his favorite <em>Harry Potter<\/em> movie is <em>Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.<\/em> \u201cWe like to think that that\u2019s the last movie of the <em>Harry Potter <\/em>franchise,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Daniel Radcliffe and Evan Rachel Wood, who play Weird Al and Madonna in the biopic, were surprised that the musician hadn\u2019t parodied the franchise\u2019s theme song, which Wood claimed was \u201cripe\u201d for Weird Al. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cMaybe that\u2019s what this film is,\u201d Radcliffe joked. \u201cThis has been his way of doing a <em>Harry Potter <\/em>parody.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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