Oscars Tap Familiar Director for COVID-Altered Telecast
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hollywoodreporter.comABC's Oscars telecast has already lined up a new venue and a trio of new producers. One constant in this year's pandemic-altered event, however, will be the director.
Five-time Academy Awards telecast director Glenn Weiss —yes, the guy who proposed to his girlfriend during his 2018 Emmy acceptance speech —will be back for a sixth time.
And while his return could signal a business-as-usual approach to the event, producers insist it's quite the opposite. “Our plan is that this year’s telecast will look like a movie not a television show, and Glenn has embraced this approach and come up with ideas of his own on how to achieve this," saidJesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh in a joint statement on Friday. "We’re thrilled to have him.
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