PIERCE BROSNAN JOINS WILL FERRELL AND RACHEL MCADAMS IN ‘EUROVISION’
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams will play aspiring Icelandic musicians Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdottir in the movie.
Pierce Brosnan will star as Erick Erickssong, Lars’ father and the most handsome man in Iceland
The director of the movie is David Dobkin of Wedding Crashersqnd The Judge fame. The movie has been written by Will Ferrell and Andrew Steele.
The movie is about ‘when aspiring musicians Lars and Sigrit are given the opportunity of a lifetime to represent their country at the world’s biggest song competition, they finally have a chance to prove that any dream worth having is a dream worth fighting for,’ according to the press release by Netflix.
The film is currently in production in the UK and Iceland. The 64th edition of the competition had its finale in Tel Aviv, Israel in May this year, the winner was The Netherlands with the song ‘Arcade’, performed by Duncan Laurence.
The first contest was held in Switzerland in 1956 with seven West European nations participating.
Former contestants ABBA (winner in 1974 for Sweden) and Céline Dion (winner in 1988 for Switzerland) launched successful worldwide careers after their wins at ‘The Eurovision Song Contest’.
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