John Singleton Chosen By Academy

By NIKKI FINKE | Thursday February 12, 2009 @ 2:05pm PSTTags: Awards, Trailers

AMPAS announced today that John Singleton directed the new trailer promoting the 81st Academy Awards. Uh, guys, how about making that trailer available.

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COMMENTS (5)

Seriously? There’s like 10 days until the show and the media is saturated with plenty of other non-entertainment stories. Why did they wait so long?

Comment by Blackout — Thursday February 12, 2009 @ 2:10pm PST Reply to this post
I bet Singleton could really use the work…

Comment by Frank Manoogian — Thursday February 12, 2009 @ 2:30pm PST Reply to this post
Fabulous agent’ing job by Billy Hawkins and CAA. Now Singelton’s career will REALLY take off.

Comment by Anonymous — Thursday February 12, 2009 @ 3:06pm PST Reply to this post
Since January 22nd, the trailer had been available in Oscar.com…. and also in Oscar’s youtube channel.

Comment by AcademyAwardsGuru — Thursday February 12, 2009 @ 3:06pm PST Reply to this post
Wow. If that’s the best gig he can land, his career really is in the toilet.

Comment by Mahogany — Thursday February 12, 2009 @ 3:23pm PST Reply to this post

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