82nd Academy Awards Producers Adam Shankman (left) and Bill Mechanic (right) with Academy President Tom Sherak at a press conference held on Friday, March 5, 2010, on the red carpet. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 which will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Photo credit: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.

It’s ain’t easy putting together an Oscar show. Just ask  producers, Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic as well as Award presenter Sigourney Weaver, who want you to know they have a healthy new respect for those producers who came before them. However,  this is not going to be your parents’ Academy Awards.

The trio understands that they have to appeal to the traditionalists out there, but they’re also courting the Tweet generation who want a whole heap of fun delivered up in that three-plus hour telecast.

They admit their nerves were frayed up until now, but at this point their surrendering to the gods of television and are hoping for the best.

Both producers have made careful choices from the music to the set design and they’re convinced every expensive decision will be up on the screen.

Weaver is excited to be returning to the Academy Awards as a presenter. Her latest pic, Avatar is sitting pretty to win at least some of the nine nominations its received and it could very well take the statues for Best Picture and Best Director.

The Awards themselves are enough to set a star on edge, but nothing like the endless red carpet line, which Weaver says seems to be getting longer every year.

Click onto the video for an update on the Oscar telecast as well as the rigors of the arrivals line from Adam Shankman, Bill Mechanic and Sigourney Weaver.

The Oscars begin Sunday with a pre-show at 5:00 p.m. PT. The actual Awards ceremony begins 5:30 p.m. PT and will be broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre on ABC.