The Oscars are three of comedy’s main women to host subsequent month’s ceremony.
Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall are finalising plans to host the 2022 Academy Awards, Variety reported.
The Oscars haven’t enlisted a host since 2018, however ABC Entertainment President Craig Erwich confirmed final month that organisers plan to have one at this 12 months’s March 27 ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
The Manhattan-born Schumer is understood for her widespread stand-up routines, her Inside Amy Schumer sketch collection, and her main roles in the comedy movies Trainwreck and I Feel Pretty.
Hall, who earned levels from Fordham University and NYU, is a fan favorite from the Scary Movie parody franchise, and extra lately starred in the 2017 highway journey comedy Girls Trip, which was produced by Will Packer. Packer is producing this 12 months’s Oscars.
And Sykes, an Emmy winner for The Chris Rock Show, is understood for her stand-up profession and dozens of memorable movie and TV performances. She wrote for the Academy Awards ceremony in 2002 as effectively.
Representatives for the Oscars and ABC didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark, nor did Packer or any of the three stars. An official announcement is reportedly anticipated to be made Tuesday on ABC’s Good Morning America program.
Schumer, 40, lately shared an Instagram submit with the caption: “Big fun news comin.”
This would mark the first time that Schumer, Hall or Sykes has hosted the Oscars. It would even be the first Oscars ceremony with a number of hosts since 2011, and the first with three since 1987.
Few particulars about the 2022 ceremony have been introduced publicly, however Variety studies Packer has thought of splitting the three-hour broadcast into totally different segments led by three separate hosts. Jon Hamm was amongst the stars who spoke with Packer a few potential internet hosting gig.
The 2017 and 2018 editions of the Oscars have been hosted by ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, whereas Chris Rock led the 2016 present.
Kevin Hart had been chosen to headline the 2019 Oscars, however the comic stepped down from the function forward of the present after outdated tweets that includes anti-gay language resurfaced.
The previous three ceremonies have seen presenters assist maintain the reveals flowing in lieu of an official host.
Ratings have steadily declined for current Oscars broadcasts, with final 12 months’s present setting an all-time low by solely drawing about 10 million viewers. The present hasn’t recorded 30 million viewers since 2017 after commonly approaching or exceeding 40 million viewers lower than a decade in the past.
The nominations for the 2022 Oscars have been unveiled final week, with the darkish Western drama The Power Of The Dog main all movies as a finalist in 12 classes. That included nods for greatest image, greatest director for Jane Campion, and appearing nominations for every of the movie’s 4 primary stars.
Other high-profile movies in the combine this 12 months embody the new adaptation of West Side Story, which earned seven nominations, together with for greatest image and greatest director for Steven Spielberg, and the science-fiction epic Dune, which had 10 nominations, together with for greatest image and in a lot of the craft classes. – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
