Conan O’Brien set to return as Oscars host subsequent yr

Los Angeles: Comic Conan O’Brien will return to host the Oscars for the third consecutive yr in 2027, Academy CEO Invoice Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor introduced.

O’Brien is ready to reunite with producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan, who return because the present’s govt producers for the fourth consecutive yr. In distinction, Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney will return as producers for a 3rd time. Sweeney can even function a author.

“We’re thrilled to be working once more with Conan, Raj, Katy, Jeff and Mike for the 99th Oscars. They’re an unimaginable crew and have produced such fascinating, entertaining and heartfelt exhibits over the past two years. We’re so grateful for his or her ongoing partnership as we honour our international movie neighborhood and we look ahead to Conan beautifully main the celebration together with his brilliance and humour,” stated Kramer and Howell Taylor.

Craig Erwich, President of ‘Disney Tv Group’, praised O’Brien for creating exceptional vitality across the Oscars. “His singular comedic voice makes Hollywood’s greatest evening probably the most entertaining celebrations of the yr. We’re proud to welcome him again and look ahead to what he and the manufacturing crew ship subsequent,” Erwich stated.

Kapoor and Mullan stated attending to work with O’Brien for a 3rd yr on the Oscars is admittedly particular. “He brings that signature humour everybody loves, together with an actual heat and generosity that carries by means of your entire present. He’s a real inventive accomplice, somebody we belief fully and somebody who makes the entire course of genuinely enjoyable, each behind the scenes and on stage. We’re extremely grateful to maintain constructing this collectively and might’t wait to share what’s subsequent,” stated Kapoor and Mullan.

O’Brien is finest identified for internet hosting the late-night speak exhibits ‘Late Night time with Conan O’Brien’. ‘The Tonight Present with Conan O’Brien’ and ‘Conan’. Earlier than his greater than two-decade internet hosting profession, he served as a author for ‘Saturday Night time Stay’ and ‘The Simpsons’. Presently, he hosts the ‘Conan O’Brien Wants a Pal’ podcast and the HBO journey present ‘Conan O’Brien Should Go’. He has received six Primetime Emmys and earned 33 nominations, together with a nomination for his work on the Oscars.

The 99th Oscars will probably be held on March 14, 2027, on the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will probably be televised dwell on ABC, streamed dwell on ‘Hulu’ and aired in additional than 200 territories worldwide.