#Pete Davidson Reportedly in Talks to Host Oscars 2022

“#Pete Davidson Reportedly in Talks to Host Oscars 2022”

Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson is reportedly being considered by Academy Awards ceremony producers to host this year’s Oscars. Pete Davidson has recently been the talk of the town following his two successful stints with The King of Staten Island and The Suicide Squad. His personal life has also been a subject of wide media coverage and his SNL sketches have since gained mass popularity. And looks like this popularity is taking him to the right places.

According to New York Post’s Page Six, the actor’s representatives have been approached by the Academy Awards producers, and the talks are continuing between them. Page Six’s alleged source revealed,

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m>”His people are talking to producers.”

The source also revealed that Pete Davidson’s consideration for being the Oscars’ host this year may be the Academy’s move to target the younger demographic for viewership. The outlet reports via its source,

He gets a demographic that is hard to get; He is in a good space, his career is doing well and he is on the rise. He is a sex symbol, unlikely, but he is big with a certain generation.

This year’s Oscars ceremony would be held on March 27, once again delayed from its original slot of the first-second week in February. The regulations allowing consideration of digital releases will remain in force given the continuing impact of COVID-19 on the theatrical operations. Produced by Will Packer (Ride Along, Straight Outta Compton), the ceremony will have a host for the first time in three years. The last Oscars’ ceremony to have a host was in the year 2018, which was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The idea to reinstate a primary host for the ceremony apparently came from Packer. Craig Erwich, President, Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment, earlier said,

m>[Packer] really has his pulse on popular culture and entertainment. I know he has a lot in store, and we’ll have more details to share soon.

ABC will be the official telecast partner of this year’s Academy Awards ceremony. Nominations for Oscars 2022 will be announced on February 8 and will be sought out among submissions from films released March 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021.

Pete Davidson has been the first confirmed candidate to have been approached for hosting the ceremony. Earlier, actor Tom Holland had expressed interest in hosting the ceremony someday.

While a lot of details concerning the Academy Awards ceremony 2022 are out, it’s still not clear how the ceremony would take place after the Academy organized a limited attendance show last year citing COVID restrictions on gatherings.