Will Ferrell is set to write and star in a Netflix feature film about the Eurovision Song Contest, it has been revealed.
US publication Deadline was the first outlet to report on the news, revealing that the ‘Step Brothers’ star will pen the film with the help of longtime collaborator Andrew Steele.
The news means that those photographs of Will having fab time at this year’s Eurovision make a lot more sense:
The actor is thought to have developed an interest in the annual competition after being introduced to it by his Swedish wife, Viveca Paulin.
In recent years, Netflix have spent a lot of cash on original feature films.
Back in March, the streaming service-turned-production company won its first major Oscar when ‘Icarus’ triumphed in the Best Documentary category.
There’s no word yet on when Will’s Eurovision project will be released.
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All the (primary) colours of the rainbow.
Verka Serduchka from Ukranie, 2007
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Disco ball-meets-WW2 garrison caps. We'll be in the bunker.
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This is 10 years too late to even be acceptable, guys.
Jedward from Ireland, 2011
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That hair.
Jedward again, 2012
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Back again, in silver armour.
Ruslana from Ukraine, 2004
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Costumer: "Say no more."
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Britney's Toxic costume went to Butlin's and it didn't quite come back the same person.
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Velvet, yaaas. Ruffles, yaaaaas. Chained shoulder pads, YAAAAS.
Eric Papilaya from Austria, 2007
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Is this some kind of metaphor? The Austrian singer rising like a sequined phoenix out of the flaming ashes of dead dancers? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Naviband from Belarus, 2017.
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Just a lot of lace.
Yohanna from Iceland, 2009
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Frozen before Frozen was even Frozen.
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Ok so technically she didn't make it through to the actual show, but Jordan - aka Katie Price's bid for Eurovision glory in a latex catsuit with sparkly corset while heavily pregnant is TV history.
Joci Papai from Hungary, 2017.
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Is a red bull near?
Nina Kraljic from Croatia, 2016
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So metallic. So futuristic.
Sakis Rouvas from Greece, 2004
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