Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh will produce the Academy Awards in 2021. (photo by Doron Gild)

Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, Oscar-nominated producer Stacey Sher and Emmy-nominated producer Jesse Collins have signed on to produce the 93rd Oscars, Academy President David Rubin said recently.

The Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, April 25.

“The upcoming Oscars is the perfect occasion for innovation and for re-envisioning the possibilities for the awards show.  This is a dream team who will respond directly to these times,” Academy President David Rubin and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson said. “The Academy is excited to work with them to deliver an event that reflects the worldwide love of movies and how they connect us and entertain us when we need them the most.”

“We’re thrilled and terrified in equal measure. Because of the extraordinary situation we’re all in, there’s an opportunity to focus on the movies and the people who make them in a new way, and we hope to create a show that really feels like the movies we all love,” Collins, Sher and Soderbergh said in a statement released by the Academy.

“Jesse, Stacey and Steven are the ideal storytellers to harness the uniqueness of this moment and celebrate the artists who are dedicated to telling stories that stand the test of time,” said Craig Erwich, president of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment. “By enlisting this incredibly talented team of television and film producers, I’m confident we will deliver a prestigious event that will be remembered for years to come.”

Collins has produced numerous awards shows and events including the Grammy Awards. Sher earned best picture Oscar nominations for “Django Unchained” and “Erin Brockovich” and has produced dozens of films and TV shows. Soderbergh won an Oscar for directing “Traffic” and nominations for directing “Erin Brockovich” and writing “Sex, Lies, and Videotape.”

For more information, visit oscars.org.