The biggest night in film could be pushed back... The 93rd Academy Awards could be postponed due to coronavirus, according to reports.
The biggest night in the film calendar isn’t set to take place until February 28 2021, but multiple sources tell Variety that the plans are far from certain at this point. “It’s likely they’ll be postponed,” one source told the publication.
However, the same source said that a new date is yet to be finalised, while another said the date of the telecast is currently unchanged at ABC.
It comes after the pandemic ushered in a whole host of temporary rule changes for Oscars eligibility. For the first time ever, the Academy Awards will permit films that debuted on a streaming service without a cinema run to