Oscars delayed till April 25; movie eligibility window prolonged

The 93rd Academy Awards will happen in April of subsequent 12 months.

On Monday, the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences introduced that the annual ceremony would depart its Feb. 28, 2021, date in favor of 1 in late April, because the coronavirus pandemic has shuttered film theaters world wide and precipitated many film studios to delay movie releases.

The Academy Awards will now happen on April 25, 2021.

That is the fourth time the awards ceremony has been delayed. Different postponements occurred in 1938, when it was pushed as a consequence of flooding in Los Angeles; in 1968, after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; and in 1981, after the tried assassination of President Ronald Reagan.

The Academy Awards will nonetheless be held on the Dolby Theater in Hollywood and can air dwell on ABC, the academy mentioned. It’s the group’s intent to return to the conventional eligibility tips subsequent 12 months.

Moreover, the submission deadline for the awards ceremony has shifted to Feb. 28, 2021. It was initially set to shut on Dec. 31, 2020.

“Our hope, in extending the eligibility interval and our Awards date, is to offer the pliability filmmakers want to complete and launch their movies with out being penalized for one thing past anybody’s management,” the academy’s president, David Rubin, and its CEO, Daybreak Hudson, mentioned in a joint assertion.

Additionally on Monday, the Tv Academy introduced that the Inventive Arts Emmys, a precursor awards ceremony to the Primetime Emmy Awards, can be held just about this 12 months as a precaution towards the unfold of the coronavirus.

The Tv Academy nonetheless plans on internet hosting the Primetime Emmys on Sept. 20, nevertheless they’re evaluating security measures for the ceremony.