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How the Oscars’ Best Stunt Category Will Work (and Why Stars Are Still Doing Their Own)

How the Oscars’ Best Stunt Category Will Work (and Why Stars Are Still Doing Their Own)

The Town with Matthew Belloni

April 24, 202533m 28s

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Show Notes

Matt is joined by director and former stunt coordinator David Leitch (‘The Fall Guy,’ ‘Bullet Train,’ ‘Deadpool 2’) to discuss the newest category added to the Academy Awards: Achievement in Stunt Design, which will debut in 2028. David  explains how this came to be, the criteria by which the category will be judged, how CGI and AI have affected stunts, which stars still do their own stunts, and how stunt design has changed over the years (02:34). Matt finishes the show with an opening weekend box office prediction for ‘The Accountant 2’ (27:18).


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Host: Matt Belloni

Guest: David Leitch


Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez

Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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