If you're lamenting the loss of Brett Ratner and Eddie Murphy, cheer up! A new trailer hyping up the televised Oscars ceremony is determined to get your blood pumping.

In the goofy spoof vid, detectives played by Josh Duhamel and Megan Fox go looking for an unnamed man who "went off the grid." After much searching, they find him, and it's none other than "The Host" Billy Crystal.

"We wanted to try something a little bit different this year instead of a traditional, clip-based piece," the Academy's marketing chief Christina Kounelias told New York Daily News. "The trailer has a fun twist that conveys how excited everyone is to have Billy back."

Crystal, 63, will host the ceremony for the ninth time on February 26.

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