Steven Soderbergh To Co-Produce The Academy Award Telecast!

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.

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.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

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.

It’s safe to say this isn't a great time for the cruise ship industry.Given that obvious fact, Cunard is likely to be thrilled that a new movie has come out which takes place — or 90 percent of it — on the Queen Mary 2, with its gleaming dining rooms, sparkling ocean views, disco nights and afternoon teas.In fact, one of the most interesting things about Steven Soderbergh's “Let Them All Talk,” a clever and absorbing film that feels, alas, a little unfinished and a touch too improvisational, is

While exploring deep space as an actor in Solaris and Gravity, George Clooney presumably was also a close observer of how two top directors, Steven Soderbergh and Alfonso Cuarón, respectively, handled the challenges of sci-fi for grownups. Judging by the distinctive design elements of Netflix's The Midnight Sky, he also appears to have absorbed lessons from Tomorrowland, not letting busy CG fakery supplant solid storytelling.

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Meryl Streep remains busy. The three-time Oscar winner will be seen in two films this week — Steven Soderbergh's Let Them All Talk, premiering on HBO Max on Thursday, and Ryan Murphy's The Prom, streaming on Netflix beginning Friday — and she's currently filming another movie.

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.

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.

In what could be the most challenging producing assignment ever for an Oscar show, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences today tapped Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher , and Steven Soderbergh to produce the 93rd Annual Academy Awards which take place on Sunday April 25, 2021,  their latest date ever due to delays by the Coronavirus crisis.

Clayton Davis The Academy Awards have announced producers for the upcoming 93rd ceremony. Emmy nominee Jesse Collins (“Zoboomafoo”), Oscar nominee Stacey Sher (“Django Unchained” and “Erin Brockovich”) and Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh (best director for 2000’s “Traffic”) will produce the upcoming show, which is scheduled to air on Sunday, April 25.