It's another jam-packed episode this week but we do it in nearly half the time!!
Topics this week include Harrison Ford stepping into television for the first time on a show from Jason Segel and two of the creators of Apple's hit series Ted Lasso. The guys talk Tokyo Vice on HBO Max and Ava Duvernay's new cinematic exploration One Perfect Shot inspired by the Twitter account which is also on the premium streaming app. They'll dig into the news that Nancy Meyers (THE HOLIDAY) is coming back and bringing some rom-com's with her to Netflix, talk Robert Downey Jr. producing a Sherlock Holmes series. Then they'll discuss actor Ben Foster and Finestkind, his new film with the great Tommy Lee Jones from director Brian Helgeland (A KNIGHT'S TALE) and The Survivor from director Barry Levinson (RAIN MAN). Talk of streaming leads to a discussion of director Michael Bay, his latest film AMBULANCE arriving at the box-office with an empty tank and what that might mean for the director going forward. Speaking of director's, O'Banion takes a quick look at Apple's trippy Severance from Ben Stiller which leads to a brief look at Stiller's last series Escape From Dannemora then they'll talk streamers really picking up steam including major announcements from Apple like Noomi Rapace (PROMETHEUS) and Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul) in CONSTELLATION, Tom Hiddleston (Loki) in THE WHITE DARKNESSS and Gary Oldman's series Slow Horses with rising star Jack Lowden. As if that weren't enough, they'll talk about the influx of tech billionaire shows like Hulu's The Dropout and The Girl from Plainville, Apple's We Crashed and Showtime's entry Super Pumped with Joseph Gordon Levitt. They'll talk Brie Larson joining FAST 10, John Cena's new Amazon action flick and Netflix signing on a director few people have ever heard of for BEVERLY HILLS COP IV. Finally, they'll come things out with the loss of the great Gilbert Gottfried, the trailer for Stranger Things 4, THE BATMAN landing on April 18th on HBO Max, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME coming up for rent and Will Smith's ten year suspension from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 'The Slap Heard 'Round The World.'
So what're you waiting for! Hit play. We've got a lot to cover.
