Stage 16

Get ready. This is a SUPER packed episode. Shaun and Shaun take a look at Maestro John Williams' return to the STAR WARS universe and The Book of Boba Fett finale. They'll talk about another season of the FX Network's hit series Fargo and how it's bumping Noah Hawley's ALIEN series down the calendar. Next they'll look at Jeff Bridges coming back to television on FX with The Old Man and Stranger Things 4 being split in two and finishing with the fifth season. The guy's touch briefly on Amazon's Jack Ryan, Krasinski taking another trip to A QUIET PLACE and Amazon's recently released Lord of the Rings trailer. Then they'll talk - once again - about the Taylor Sheridan television universe including Tulsa King which is set to star Sylvester Stallone, which streaming platforms are "must-have," Pam and Tommy on Hulu, Apple's upcoming The Crowded Room with Tom Holland, the Netflix hit Inventing Anna, Chris Nolan's new OPPENHEIMER cast members and, finally, some reunions like Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks re-teaming, Shane Black and Joel Silver starting a new film with Robert Downey, Jr. and the cast of the last STAR TREK film prepping a fourth outing. 

After a brief break, Shaun and Shaun are back for a deep dive into episodes 5 and 6 of The Book of Boba Fett - or should it be called... The Book of The Mandalorian? They discuss the end of the Taylor Sheridan series The Mayor of Kingstown, Yellowstone and the Paramount+/Peacock conundrum. They briefly talk about the classic 80s Paramount films the streamer is rebooting (could a TOP GUN series be coming?) and they discuss Kevin Costner's first time back in the directors chair since 2003's OPEN RANGE with a new western. Finally, they guys take a look at GHOSTBUSTER'S AFTERLIFE from Shaun O'Banion's point of view. Hope you enjoy.

Happy New Year! On this episode, O'Banion shares his thoughts on some of the screeners he watched over the break like Paul Thomas Anderson's LICORICE PIZZA and Wes Anderson's THE FRENCH DISPATCH OF THE LIBERTY, KANSAS EVENING SUN before he and Roberts take a deep, spoiler dive into Daniel Craig's last outing as James Bond in NO TIME TO DIE. After that the two discuss Taylor Sheridan's new Paramount+ series 1883 and how it may affect Yellowstone and The Mayor of Kingstown. Lastly they touch on the first two episodes of The Book of Boba Fest before having a quick talk about SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME's massive box-office win, the pleasures of physical media and some of Roberts' Christmas gifts.

In this episode, O'Banion and Roberts talk about their experience working together on THE MATRIX RELOADED and REVOLUTIONS before taking a deep (spoiler-filled) dive into Lana Wachowski's latest film THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS which is now available on HBO Max. 

Near the end the show, they touch on SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME's massive success and chat about some of their annual Christmas favorites.

In this episode we recap two (count 'em, two) episodes of Succession and examine the discussion about method acting following the New Yorker article on actor Jeremy Strong that some are calling a takedown of the Emmy-winning actor. We'll share some of our own stories about working with actors who like to become their characters (one comes up late in the episode) and discuss the career of Sylvester Stallone and his current career renaissance, including the announcement of his new Taylor Sheridan series... As a bonus, you'll get to hear O'Banion's Arnold impression that the "Austrian Oak's" personal make-up artist called "the best he ever heard." We'll also bite into Nic Cage as Dracula and swing through SPIDER-MAN breaking records. We'll update you on a new potential victim (or suspect) for Hulu's Only Murders In The Building, Christian Bale's PALE BLUE EYE, Chris Hemsworth extracting someone from snowy Prague in EXTRACTION 2 and Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuaron's new Apple series.

In this episode of Stage 16 Shaun and Shaun talk about GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE and Stallone's new cut of his classic 80s film ROCKY IV. They'll dig into LETHAL WEAPON 5 and the trouble with Mel Gibson as well as discussing the 7th and 8th films in the still un-subtitled MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE series. Then they'll move over to tv to talk about Jeremy Renner's new series from Taylor Sheridan, The Mayor of Kingstown, HBO's Succession and bounce back to film for a quick look at the latest from Director Ridley Scott and big news for Marvel and Sony's SPIDER-MAN series.

In this episode: MGM Studios is going back to ROADHOUSE, Paramount+ has a Fatal Attraction with Lizzie Caplan, Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista head to Hawaii for some buddy cop shenanigans and Vin Diesel begs The Rock to come back to the FAST franchise. Also, Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy enlist for a tour in Afghanistan and Yellowstone

In this episode, O'Banion and Roberts talk about everything from David Chase's latest revelation about his classic series The Sopranos, to Bradley Cooper going sci-fi. We take a deep dive into Episode 3 of Succession Season 3 and discuss big cast announcements for the adaptation of the hit Broadway musical WICKED and Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER. We'll also follow up on our discussion from the preview episode about the tragic accident on the New Mexico set of Alec Baldwin's film RUST and we'll even touch on ARMY OF THIEVES, THE HARDER THEY FALL, Apple TV's Invasion and lots lots more.

In this preview episode of Stage 16, hosts Shaun O'Banion and Shaun Roberts introduce themselves and talk about their background before digging into some of the latest news and events in film, television and pop-culture.