The Academy Awards have been formally rescheduled to April.
The annual movie awards ceremony – often known as the Oscars – had been anticipated to happen on February 28, 2021, however they’ll now happen on April 25, 2021, as a result of ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Academy president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson stated in an announcement: ”For over a century, films have performed an vital function in comforting, inspiring, and entertaining us in the course of the darkest of occasions. They definitely have this 12 months. Our hope, in extending the eligibility interval and our Awards date, is to supply the flexibleness filmmakers want to complete and launch their movies with out being penalised for one thing past anybody’s management. This coming Oscars and the opening of our new museum will mark an historic second, gathering film followers world wide to unite via cinema.”
The eligibility has additionally been prolonged. It initially started on January 1, 2020 and was anticipated to finish on December 31, 2020. However, it has now been prolonged till February 28, 2021, the date of the unique ceremony.
It was revealed the date of the 2021 Academy Awards are up for debate, with the committee resulting from meet through Zoom on Monday (15.06.20) to debate the date of the 93rd Oscars. However, the governors are stated to be ready to see how the pandemic continues to affect on the trade earlier than deciding on a format for films’ greatest evening.
The annual Governors Awards, which normally happen in November and see honorary Oscars handed out, may even be pushed again.
