The Academy Awards can have a number for the primary time on account that 2018 and return to their longtime home at the Dolby Theatre, broadcaster ABC said on Tuesday.
While other awards displays have been postponed on account of a surge in COVID-19 cases, Walt Disney Co’s ABC mentioned plans remain in place to carry the Oscars, the highest film honours, on March 27 in Los Angeles.
This year’s ceremony will have a host, ABC Leisure President Craig Erwich mentioned at a Tv Critics Affiliation experience. He provided no main points. “it would be me,” he joked.
The Oscars were handed out via celebrity presenters but had no host in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Scores for the telecast have fallen in up to date years, shedding to a document low of 10.4 million people in the United States in 2021. Viewership of alternative awards displays additionally has declined.
Fans of British actor Tom Holland have steered he must host this yr’s Oscars after the destroy good fortune of his film Spider-Guy: No Means Home, most likely along with his co-big name Zendaya.
Holland told The Hollywood Reporter in December that he might “love” to host the awards. “if they ask me to, i would, and it would be very amusing,” he mentioned.
Earlier hosts have incorporated past due-night time talk display host Jimmy Kimmel and comedians Chris Rock and Ellen DeGeneres.
ABC said in a press release that the 2022 Oscars will take place once more on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.
Ultimate yr, the awards moved to the historic Union Station teach station in downtown Los Angeles with a small crowd of nominees and visitors to offer protection to against COVID-19.
Nominations for the Oscars shall be introduced on Feb. EIGHT.