The Academy Awards will follow a different script in 2022.
Organizers plan to enlist a host for this year’s Oscars ceremony for the first time since 2018, ABC Entertainment President Craig Erwich said Tuesday during a press tour put on by the Television Critics Association.
Erwich has not said when the host will be announced.
The Oscars, which honor the past year’s achievements in film, are scheduled for March 27 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Late-night star Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars in 2017 and 2018 before the ceremony went without an emcee for three consecutive years.
The 2022 Golden Globes, meanwhile, took place last Sunday, but weren’t televised and didn’t have a host or audience following a series of controversies involving the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes the event.
Big winners at the Globes included the dark Western “The Power of the Dog” — which won best drama film, best director for Jane Campion and best supporting actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “West Side Story” was named best musical or comedy film, while Rachel Zegler won best actress in the genre, and Ariana DeBose won best supporting actress.
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