Amy Schumer, Regina Corridor and Wanda Sykes to Host 2022 Oscars: Report

Three is healthier than one! Amy Schumer, Regina Corridor and Wanda Sykes are reportedly set to host the 94th Academy Awards subsequent month, marking the primary time anybody has hosted the ceremony in three years.

The trio of stars bought the gig after “weeks” of conferences about Hollywood’s largest evening, in line with a report from Selection printed on Monday, February 14. This yr’s Oscars broadcast is being produced by Will Packer, who coproduced 2017’s Women Journey starring Corridor, 51.

The 2022 version of the awards present is ready to air dwell on ABC Sunday, March 27. The occasion has not had a bunch since 2018 when Jimmy Kimmel helmed the printed. Final yr, producers dramatically scaled again the occasion due to the coronavirus pandemic. Solely presenters and nominees have been allowed to attend the gala, and the Finest Authentic Tune nominees have been carried out in prerecorded segments that aired earlier than the principle ceremony.

Experiences about who would possibly host the 2022 Oscars have been circulating for weeks, with names together with Pete Davidson and Jon Hamm in rivalry. At one level, rumors surfaced that producers have been contemplating a trio made up of the Solely Murders within the Constructing forged: Selena Gomez, Martin Quick and Steve Martin.

The Academy introduced this yr’s nominees earlier this month. The Energy of the Canine led the pack with 12 whole nominations, adopted by Dune with 10 nods and Belfast and West Aspect Story with seven every.

Jane Campion, who directed The Energy of the Canine, is the primary girl to ever be nominated for Finest Director twice. Solely two ladies have ever gained the trophy: Kathryn Bigelow in 2010 for The Damage Locker and Chloé Zhao in 2021 for Nomadland.

The Shiny Star director can be the primary girl to be nominated twice within the screenplay classes, incomes her first nod — and win — in 1994 for her unique screenplay for The Piano. This yr, she is nominated for Finest Tailored Screenplay, as The Energy of the Canine is predicated on Thomas Savage’s novel of the identical title.

“It actually did carry a tear to me,” Campion instructed The Los Angeles Instances earlier this month of her newest movie’s many nominations. “I felt actually emotional and a form of gratitude, truly, that the Academy [has] so extensively embraced so a lot of our crew for this movie. I believe it’s a sort of complicated movie, so it meant loads that they graced us with so many nominations. Completely a thrill for everyone.”

The 94th Academy Awards will air on ABC Sunday, March 27, at 8 p.m. ET.