Eddie Murphy had stiff competition for the 2012 Oscars hosting gig, which he officially landed Tuesday. A source close to the production of February’s 84th Annual Academy Awards show tells us funnymen Billy Crystal and Jerry Seinfeld were gunning for the coveted role.
After James Franco and Anne Hathaway proved that quirky, youthful co-hosts were not necessarily the key to boosting the Oscar telecast’s ratings and reviews, predictions circulated that the academy would once again go old-school with Crystal in 2012.
Last month, the Los Angeles Times reported that Crystal, who’s hosted the Oscars eight times, told an audience at an American Cinematheque screening of “City Slickers” that he’d be willing to host the movie awards show “one or two more times.”
According to our source, however, “Rush Hour” filmmaker Brett Ratner, who’s producing the 2012 Oscars telecast with Don Mischer, was never interested in the comic actor.
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