2011 Oscars to Move to January?

Deadline.com reports that the 2011 Academy Awards®, already moved up from March to February, may be moved up even further: to January. Last night, the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences discussed the possible decision, one that would cause the Oscars® to precede the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and BAFTA Awards ceremonies.

A studio head is reported as saying: "The awards season is too long currently. This will shorten and reduce the amount of campaigning. Also, it will make the Oscars the definitive awards show again ... The only potential downside is how do people see all the films in time to vote for nominations?"

The Academy is still looking to sign a host before it moves ahead with a final decision.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Academy Award®-winning producer Bruce Cohen and acclaimed television producer/director Don Mischer were recently announced to produce the 83rd Academy Awards telecast. Mischer will also serve as the telecast's director. This will be the first involvement with the Oscar® telecast for both men, though the two worked together on the Academy's inaugural Governors Awards event in November of 2010.

Cohen won an Academy Award in 1999 as producer, with Dan Jinks, of Best Picture "American Beauty." He and Jinks were again nominated in the Best Picture category in 2008 for "Milk." Cohen's other movie producing credits include "The Flintstones" (1994), "Down with Love" (2003), "Big Fish" (2003), "The Forgotten" (2004) and "The Nines" (2007). In television, Cohen's credits include "Pushing Daisies," "Traveler" and "Side Order of Life," all as executive producer. He also executive produced the Emmy-nominated special "Movies Rock" in 2007, with Mischer.

Mischer's producer/director credits include "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial," "The Kennedy Center Honors," several Super Bowl half-time shows and the opening ceremonies of both Winter and Summer Olympic Games. He has also produced specials with a wide range of musical performers, including Barbra Streisand, Willie Nelson, Beyonce, Yo Yo Ma and Carrie Underwood. Among the many honors he has earned are 15 Emmy Awards, 10 Directors Guild of America Awards, two NAACP Image Awards and a Peabody Award.

Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2010 are currently set to be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar® presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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