What a novel idea, getting a jump on things. The press release, in part:
Academy Award®-winning producer Bruce Cohen and acclaimed television producer/director Don Mischer will produce the 83rd Academy Awards telecast, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announced this evening. Mischer will also serve as the telecast’s director. This will be the first involvement with the Oscar® telecast for both men, though the two worked together on the Academy’s inaugural Governors Awards event in November of 2010…
“I fell in love with the Oscars as an eight-year-old kid, the night my grandmothers let me stay up to watch for the first time,” said Cohen. “It is a dream come true for me to now be producing the show with the phenomenal Don Mischer, whom I’ve had an incredible time working with in the past. We hope to create a show that celebrates what people around the world love about the Academy Awards year after year – the excitement, glamour and tradition of Oscar Night itself.”
“During my previous collaborations with Bruce, I have come to know him as a passionate, smart and creative producer, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to now be working with him on the Oscars,” said Mischer. “As a producer and director, I have always been inspired by the live broadcast of major, high-profile events and when it comes to that, it doesn’t get any bigger than the Academy Awards. The Oscars are truly ‘appointment’ television, they’re eagerly anticipated around the world, and they offer a unique opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary artists who take us on a journey every time we step into a movie theater.”
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6 responses to “Cohen, Mischer tapped as Oscarcast producers”
Please don’t have that 5-presenter thing for the actors. I would like to see it done for the directors though, but only for one year.
And I just saw that Cohen was a producer on Pushing Daisies, my favorite show of the last few years, so I hope that he brings some creativity.
Nikke Finke just posted on DHD that the Board discussed moving the Oscars into January.
Also Inception tickets both regular and IMAX are now on sale on Fandango.
I just want to defend the 5 presenter statements. I loved it the first year and enjoyed it last year too. With everyone and their mother knowing who is going to wins these things, the winners and speeches are soo freaken predictable that it brings a lil bit of spontaneity into the evening. My vote: Yay
So….what are my chances of seeing the best original song nominees performed?
Can’t say I was a fan of the 5 ‘Friends of the Nominees’ presentations either; laboured praise, especially in front of so many people, makes me uncomfortable (it could be my imagination, but some of the nominees were squirming a tad, too). The Best Supporting Actor/Actress presentations were very classy though, short featurettes are a great way to shine a light on the actors, and especially their performances (which is why they’re there, really), and people waxing lyrical on them doesn’t seem so hollow.