Will The OSCARS Move Date In 2014?

The changing deadlines and electronic voting problems have caused issues galore in the run up to this year's February 24th Academy Awards telecast, but those issues could be a cakewalk by comparison to those of the 2014 shebang.

 Why?

Because of chatter that the Oscars ceremony in 2014 could be held at least a month earlier than the usual late February air date.

With Super Bowl XLVIII happening on February 2nd weekend, and the Winter Olympic Games locked into the other three Sundays in February, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has three options says Variety.

The first is they could move the event to the Monday after the Super Bowl (February 3rd) or the Olympics (February 24th). The second is what they did during the 2010 Winter Olympics - push back the ceremony a few weeks into early March.

It seems that the third option is the one on the table right now - "prevailing sentiment among insiders is that AMPAS is determined to push its kudofest earlier."

 In fact, there's talk that next year could see the Golden Globes on January 5th and then the Oscars on the 12th.

For that to happen AMPAS members would likely have to finish their nominations voting before Christmas. It would also mean a lot of Oscar-contending films would have to be out on screens in October and November as December releases might miss the cut.

Meantime--this year's Oscar host Seth MacFarlane and the lovely actress Emma Stone will Announce Nominations for this year on Thursday Morning.