Academy Announces Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins as Oscar Producers

As if Steven Soderbergh is actually Nostradamus, the filmmaker’s almost-decade-old “Contagion” seemed to lay out a similar story to the one that was experienced all over the world in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. And naturally, when you have a film become so relevant that it’s being talked about almost non-stop a decade later, there are going to be questions about whether or not there’s a potential sequel to be made.

Steven Soderbergh is the type of filmmaker that is never going to hold back details of a project for fear of saying too much. Similar to Quentin Tarantino, Soderbergh is someone that will gladly talk about all aspects of his films, as well as the projects that never were and some that are soon to be.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.When a ferry load of Syrians arrived one December night in the town of Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, they had no idea what sort of reaction to expect.Families, who’d fled their homes having endured the living hell of civil war, were given safe refuge in a part of Scotland best-known as the venue for many a sepia-toned holiday memory from yesteryear.None had any notion of what it meant to go ‘doon the

Steven Soderbergh has been a filmmaker that has consistently pushed the boundaries of whatever medium he’s working in. On the small screen, he’s pushed the limits of TV and on streaming platforms with projects like “Wireless” and “Mosaic.” In film, he’s tested new ways of filming things (with smaller cameras and even smartphones), as well as marketing films (taking on the role of de facto marketer for “Logan Lucky,” for example.

In the category of “better safe than sorry” news, the Academy Museum has decided to push its opening once again. Instead of debuting around the 93rd Academy Awards in April, the museum will swing open its doors to the public on September 30, 2021.

WarnerMedia’s awkwardly revealed re-invention of Hollywood’s release windows has stirred anger among filmmakers and their reps, with fists clenched and threats exchanged. But then there’s Steven Soderbergh, the idiosyncratic filmmaker who reminds us that he is above it all.

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Jon Burlingame Leave it to director Steven Soderbergh and composer Thomas Newman to go retro ’60s with the music for their fourth collaboration, “Let Them All Talk.”Accompanying Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest and the rest of Soderbergh’s cast crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2 is a jazz score that might easily have been penned by John Barry (“The Knack”), Neal Hefti (“The Odd Couple”) or Henry Mancini (“The Pink Panther”).“Steven genuinely loves that kind of music,” Newman

Before Sundance exploded into a huge film industry event, it was the place where a new wave of indie filmmakers started their careers in the late ’80s and early ’90s. One of those filmmakers was Steven Soderbergh, whose first feature film “Sex, Lies and Videotape” premiered in the 1989 Sundance Film Festival and won an audience award, before going on to also win the Palme d’Or and FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes, and even getting an Oscar nomination for the film’s script.

Before Sundance exploded into a huge film industry event, it was the place where a new wave of indie filmmakers started their careers in the late ’80s and early ’90s. One of those filmmakers was Steven Soderbergh, whose first feature film “Sex, Lies and Videotape” premiered in the 1989 Sundance Film Festival and won an audience award, before going on to also win the Palme d’Or and FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes, and even getting an Oscar nomination for the film’s script.

An imaginative romance comes with surprising conditions in the upcoming Lionsgate release “The Right One.” In the film, a case of writer’s block leads one novelist to meet a mysterious stranger. Cases of writer’s block seem to be a recent go-to strategy for filmmakers—Steven Soderbergh’s “Let Them Talk” is a fantastic example with writer Deborah Eisenberg positioning it as more than a character trait.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSteven Soderbergh is working on a sequel to his hit 1989 drama “Sex, Lies and Videotape” with Andie MacDowell and Laura San Giacomo agreeing to reprise their roles as sisters.Soderbergh disclosed the project at the conclusion of a recent interview with Filmmaker Magazine that was mostly devoted to a discussion of the production of his dramedy “Let Them All Talk,” which was shot aboard the Queen Mary 2.

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Also Read: Noomi Rapace to Star in Scandinavian Action Thriller 'Black Crab' at NetflixCo-starring in “You Won’t Be Alone” are Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud and Sara Klimoska.The film is produced by Causeway Films’ Kristina Ceyton and Sam Jennings.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterIndependent label, distributor and publisher EMPIRE has announced a new slate of hires in multiple departments, along with additions to the team’s senior leadership.The new senior talent includes Mario Davis who will serve as Vice President of Global Partnerships, Marissa Philpot as Vice President of HR Operations, and Jasmine Kirkwood as Director of Sync & Licensing.Davis previously held senior executive roles at UnitedMasters, Spirit Music, Position Music,

Also Read: Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins to Produce 93rd Academy AwardsAnd in fact, it’s not the first time Soderbergh has used that particular photo as his publicity shot, or the first time he’s used it in connection with an awards show.

Here’s an interesting bit of news that dropped today. As many of us speculate about what the Oscar ceremony this time around will look like, the Academy has opted to name its producers for the 2021 telecast.

Also Read: Oscars in April? Here's the COVID-Altered Awards Season CalendarThis will be the first Oscars for all three producers, and the first time the Oscars have had more than two producers since 1985, when the job was handled by Gregory Peck, Robert Wise, Larry Gelbart and Gene Allen.“We’re thrilled and terrified in equal measure,” Collins, Sher and Soderbergh said in a statement.

This year has been full of surprises and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences couldn’t let it end without one more. The already delayed 93rd Academy Awards will be produced by Jesse Collins, Stacy Sher and Steven Soderbergh.