Chris Rock in talks to host 88th Academy Awards
- 9 years ago
Comedian Chris Rock is in talks to host the 88th Academy Awards, EW has confirmed.
Should Rock solidify his deal, it will mark the comedian's second stint on the Oscar stage, having hosted the telecast back in 2005, when Million Dollar Baby won Best Picture.
Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 87th annual Academy Awards back in February, and the broadcast was the lowest rated in six years.
"You don't take a television show, something as iconic as the Oscars, and pull it apart and try to put it back together again.
Good television shows are always evolutionary and not revolutionary," Oscars co-producer David Hill told EW in an interview last month .
According to Hill, there was at least some initial discussion of having two hosts for the 2016 ceremony.
“There will be multiple hosts for sure – there will be two,” Hill told EW.
Co-producer Reginald Hudlin, however, was more measured about the multiple hosts idea.
Should Rock solidify his deal, it will mark the comedian's second stint on the Oscar stage, having hosted the telecast back in 2005, when Million Dollar Baby won Best Picture.
Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 87th annual Academy Awards back in February, and the broadcast was the lowest rated in six years.
"You don't take a television show, something as iconic as the Oscars, and pull it apart and try to put it back together again.
Good television shows are always evolutionary and not revolutionary," Oscars co-producer David Hill told EW in an interview last month .
According to Hill, there was at least some initial discussion of having two hosts for the 2016 ceremony.
“There will be multiple hosts for sure – there will be two,” Hill told EW.
Co-producer Reginald Hudlin, however, was more measured about the multiple hosts idea.