Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, Regina Corridor to host 2022 Oscars – Nationwide

After three years with no host, the Oscars are making up for misplaced time with three hosts for this 12 months’s awards: Amy Schumer, Regina Corridor and Wanda Sykes are set to host the 94th Academy Awards, producer Will Packer stated Tuesday.

Experiences say that every actor can be chargeable for one hour of the three-hour broadcast, airing stay on ABC (and CTV in Canada) on March 27.

“This 12 months’s present is all about uniting film lovers,” Packer stated in an announcement. “It’s apropos that we’ve lined up three of essentially the most dynamic, hilarious ladies with very completely different comedic types.”

Packer has labored with Corridor a number of occasions because the producer of movies like Women Journey, Assume Like a Man and Little.

The present is hoping to rebound from the dismal viewership of final 12 months’s broadcast, which was each an all-time low and the norm for pandemic-era awards reveals.

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Along with bringing again starry hosts and bumping the very best image nominees to a set ten, the Academy can also be hoping to spike curiosity by way of social media voting for a “fan favorite” film that can be introduced in the course of the present, in addition to an opportunity to win a visit to Los Angeles for the ceremony.

“We’re invigorated by Will’s imaginative and prescient for this 12 months’s Oscars: celebrating film lovers alongside moviemakers and spotlighting fan favourites that show how cinema can unite us all,” stated Academy President David Rubin and Academy CEO Daybreak Hudson in an announcement.

It’s the primary time internet hosting for all three ladies and the primary time in 35 years since there was this many hosts for one broadcast.

Craig Erwich, president, Hulu Originals and ABC Leisure, added that they’re “thrilled to have them on the helm to ship an unimaginable present filled with unforgettable moments and laughter.”