There will also be an extraterrestrial on stage, EP Katy Mullan reveals.
The duo took part in a press conference alongside host Conan O’Brien, music director Michael Bearden, production designer Misty Buckley and supervising choreographer Mandy Moore, moderated by Rotten Tomatoes “We have a huge reunion happening,” Kapoor, who is also the telecast’s showrunner, said.
There’s been rumors of what that is, and we are very excited to announce that we have aMullan added: “There’s also going to be a Marvel reunion for the superhero fans. So we’re gonna have superstar superheroes, and there is also going to be an extraterrestrial on the stage. So you can figure that one out.”reunion would be taking place during the telecast for its 15th anniversary. Rose Byrne, nominated this year for her performance in, is set to appear with costars Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Melissa McCarthy. The two EPs also answered questions about the In Memoriam section after this year’s many industry deaths. “It has been a really, really tough year this year, so the In Memoriam has been something we’ve been talking about for many, many months,” said Mullan. “We’ve lost a huge amount of people this year who are so meaningful to so many in the film community. We take it really, really seriously. We have been have many, many discussions. … It continues to change right up until rehearsal, because we want to get the strike, the balance, just right and make sure that it feels like the right moment in the show for the moment in time. So I guess we can’t really go into detail of what it’s going to be this year, but we really hope that it is a tribute that moves people and feels like it does the incredible people we’ve lost this year justice.” Specifically probed about how they plan to honor Rob Reiner, Kapoor said, “Like Katy said, I don’t feel like we’re at a place where we want to share what exactly what we’re doing for In Memoriam. All I can say is that a lot of time and thought has been put into the process of creating something really meaningful that has a lot of emotion and heart.” This year’s theme for the show is “humanity,” said Kapoor. “Everything that you see in the show is inspired by human touch and creativity, and we’ve completely redesigned what the stage looks like.” Buckley added: “Last year was very kind of monolithic and temple-like and so this year, we were sort of looking at reverential spaces, so looking at beautiful light, organic form. We’ve got lots of architectural layers that there’s there’s quite a lot of kinesis in the set, and it moves and reveals this beautiful light cast by trees. We’ve got trees in the set this year, which is very exciting. And we’re just really leaning into that human touch nature and organic with kind of really beautiful, bold modern forms as well.” Moore also wanted to keep this year’s theme of humanity and human touch through her choreography. “We’re basically taking songs from films, and we’re not just recreating them like the film did. We’re creating them as a celebration of the film as a whole,” she explained. “In particular, thePerformance of ‘Golden,’ I kept having this visual, and I talked to Raj about these beautiful gold flags. It’s so beautiful. Well, I was working on it today, and it was like, Oh, I haven’t done a lot with flags, but I was thinking on the stage, after I saw the renderings, I was like, oh, maybe this, like, beautiful air quality could happen. And, oh, they’re walking down onto the the diamond and all that should rise at this point when all the flags go out. We’re gonna see how it all goes together on camera on Friday.”Mariel Turner ‘Scarpetta’ Review: An Oddly Cast Nicole Kidman Makes the Most of Amazon’s Uneven, Overly Familiar Patricia Cornwell AdaptationThe Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2026 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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