When the 2021 Oscars premiere in less than two weeks, the show is meant to feel like the very format it’s honoring. This cinematic approach includes the decision to forgo traditional presenters in favor of a star-studded “ensemble cast.” The Academy announced this year’s lineup on Monday, which will feature both winners from last year’s ceremony and other film favorites. So far 15 stars have signed on for the 93rd annual telecast: Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Bong Joon Ho, Don Cheadle, Bryan Cranston, Laura Dern, Harrison Ford, Regina King, Marlee Matlin, Rita Moreno, Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Renée Zellweger, and Zendaya.
“In keeping with our awards-show-as-a-movie approach, we’ve assembled a truly stellar cast of stars,” Oscars producers Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher, and Jesse Collins said in a statement. “There’s so much wattage here, sunglasses may be required.” The aforementioned A-listers will join Questlove, the show’s musical director, for the virtual-live hybrid ceremony. Other names are expected to be announced ahead of the telecast.
Plans to revamp the presenter format at this year’s Oscars were teased earlier this month when the trio of producers spoke with Vanity Fair. “The way we are going to use presenters this year is going to be different,” Soderbergh said. “And we haven’t even used the word host, frankly. We’re calling it our ensemble, because there’s a sort of overarching structure to the evening that they all participate in. So it’s just that word, the H-word, just really doesn’t apply to what we’re doing.”
In addition to going host-less for the third year in a row, the Oscars are leaning into a film-like structure. “Everybody will be a character: Every nominee, every person that gives an award, will feel like characters in a film,” Soderbergh told V.F. “And in the end you’ll know who everybody was and what they wanted. You’ll have a connection to everyone in this show. What we want to do is have this three-hour movie in which some awards are given out.”
This awards-season tune-up has not arrived without its challenges. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences faced backlash for previously requesting that nominees either attend the ceremony in person or skip it altogether. It appears that the Academy reversed course on that decision, stationing hubs for nominees to appear via Los Angeles’s Union Station, the Dolby Theatre, and various European outposts. After several months of nips and tucks, the Oscars are set to air on ABC on April 25 at 8 p.m. ET.
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