Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have been announced as the producers for the 85th Academy Awards.
Academy President Hawk Koch confirmed the pair's appointment today (August 23), in what will be their first involvement with the Oscars.
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The ceremony will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2013.
"Craig and Neil are forward thinkers who bring a unique perspective to the Oscar show," said Koch. "Their enormous collective talent, coupled with their love of film, serves our show perfectly."
Zadan and Meron said: "We are very excited to collaborate with Hawk and everyone at the Academy to produce this year's Oscars.
"We hope to utilise our experience in producing features, TV and theatre to bring something fresh and special to this incredible awards show.
"When we filmed
The Bucket List
, we made our own personal bucket list, and producing the Oscars was #1. It's truly a great honor."
Academy CEO Dawn Hudson added: "Craig and Neil have great talent relationships and bring an infectious energy to the production. They are creative producers in the best sense of the word."
The pair have previously executive produced the 2002 'Best Picture' winner
Chicago
, as well as the likes of 2011's
Footloose
and
Hairspray
. Zadan also produced the original
Footloose
.
Zadan and Meron have also worked on musical TV series
Smash
, and the upcoming
Steel Magnolias
movie remake.
They recently produced the Tony Award-winning revivals of
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
and
Promises, Promises
.
Outgoing President Tom Sherak had previously aimed to sign up Lorne Michaels to produce next year's Oscars.
Jimmy Fallon recently confirmed that he
turned down the chance to host next year's event
.