The organisation that presents the Academy Awards is dedicating a performance of promising new screenplays to late actor Anton Yelchin.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Tuesday that its annual Nicholl Fellowships live-read event will be presented in Yelchin’s honour.
The Star Trek actor performed at the first Nicholl live read in 2013. He died in June when his Jeep rolled down his driveway and crushed him. His parents have sued the vehicle’s manufacturer.
Yelchin’s Star Trek co-star John Cho, as well as actors Cary Elwes, Aja Naomi King and Alia Shawka are set to perform selected scenes from this year’s five winning screenplays on November 3. The winning screenwriters of the academy’s annual global screenwriting competition were announced last month.
