David Dobkin Announced as Director for Netflix Original Film EUROVISION Starring Will Ferrell with Adam McKay Set to Produce

DAVID DOBKIN TO DIRECT “EUROVISION” FOR NETFLIX

Will Ferrell is attached to star and write Eurovision with Andrew Steele for Netflix

Director: David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, The Judge)

Producers: Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum and Chris Henchy (Gary Sanchez Productions)

Executive Producer: Adam McKay

Log line: Eurovision is a comedy set around the “The Eurovision Song Contest” - the longest running annual international TV song competition.

About Eurovision
The 63rd edition of the competition had its finale in Lisbon last year, the winner was Israel with the song "Toy", performed by Netta. The first contest was held in Switzerland in 1956 with seven West European nations participating. This year 43 countries competed for the prize. The show is now a global phenomenon with fans all over the world.

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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