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If you’re one of the millions of fans out there that are deeply dedicated to the ritual of watching live wrestling on television, you may recall a character known as Jake “the Snake” Roberts whose signature move was launching giant snakes at his challengers. I mean, how could you forget? After a few years of personal trouble and turmoil, director Steve Yu saw potential in Roberts’ story and set out on a mission to help the once prominent figure — with help from “Diamond” Dallas Page — all the while documenting their experience in Atlanta. Yu spoke with nofilmschool to reveal how the documentary was so attractive to viewers that it reached the #1 spot on iTunes for an entire week and raked in nearly $75,000 in revenue, despite it being self-released.
In other news…
Life Unexpected star Britt Robertson has been casted in Hulu’s upcoming season of Casual, a fantastic drama (if you haven’t seen) helmed by the same creator of her former CW series, Liz Tigelaar. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Netflix’s upcoming fourth season of Orange Is The New Black is set for a June 17th release, but if you can’t wait until then, some pretty rad photos emerged online depicting the self-inflicted peril that Piper Chapman might be in store for this season. [tvline]
Oh man, if you didn’t get to see Bryan Cranston perform his Tony-winning role as President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway production All The Way while it had its residency in New York City, you will soon get to watch Cranston reprise his role on HBO this May (and yes, it’s hard not to picture Walter White). [Deadline]
Michael is a music and television junkie keen on most things that are not a complete and total bore. You can follow him on Twitter — @Tweetskoor
