News > Coming soon movie montage will end the Oscars

The New York Times is reporting that producers of the Oscars are looking to include a closing montage of clips from movies coming soon:

Producers of the show — to be hosted by Hugh Jackman and broadcast Feb. 22 on ABC — are even trying to liven up the proceedings by asking studios and others to provide scenes from future films, according to a request sent to various companies last month.

The idea, if the clips prove watchable, is for Mr. Jackman to sign off the broadcast with fresh 10-second snippets of two dozen new movies, to run on a split screen with the end credits.

In a separate article, the newspaper talks about which movies Warner Bros. is hoping will be included in the clips:

Not too surprisingly, the company decided to put its biggest, if not best, foot forward: The choices were "Sherlock Holmes," directed by Guy Ritchie with Robert Downey Jr.; "Terminator Salvation," directed by McG with a temperamental Christian Bale; and "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," directed by David Yates with Daniel Radcliffe.