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Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment is coming to The Roku Channel with a new docuseries from actor and former wrestler John Cena.

“WWE: Recruits” will follow a group of young men and women competing to earn one of the most sought-after titles in all of entertainment: WWE Superstar. The eight-part docuseries invites viewers to experience the grueling training, personal triumphs and life-changing moments of talented young men and women making their professional wrestling dreams a reality. Thousands of pro wrestling hopefuls will be narrowed down to an elite group of candidates going for the opportunity of a lifetime.

Cena will appear in the docuseries alongside other legends and current superstars from the WWE Universe, including Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Shawn Michaels, Ettore “Big E” Ewan, Bianca Belaire, Ric Flair and many more celebrity guests.

“Millions around the world watch and dream of it, but only a handful of extraordinary individuals can become a WWE Superstar,...

While Peacock has the library and original programming of the WWE Network, the famed wrestling brand continues to expand as Roku gets in on more of the streaming content game. According to The Hollywood Reporter, John Cena will be producing a new docuseries for Roku titled WWE: Recruits. The concept for the series is more of a serious take on the WWE reality show Tough Enough. Whereas Tough Enough is more of a competition between a group of people vying to become the newest talents in the WWE world, WWE: Recruits is more of a look at the journey of wrestling hopefuls as the company seeks to develop the new talent as future stars.

The WWE is currently making history by merging with another immensely popular combat entertainment company — the UFC. The Ultimate Fighting Championship brand has had great success in producing a similar series titled The Ultimate Fighter, which...

John Cena is to feature in and exec produce a WWE docuseries for free streamer Roku.

The platform has greenlit WWE: Recruits (w/t), which follows hopeful young wrestlers on their journey to become WWE Superstars.

The series comes from American Ninja Warrior producer A. Smith & Co. Productions and WWE.

Cena will appear in the series alongside other wrestling stars such as Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Shawn Michaels, Ettore “Big E” Ewan, Bianca Belaire and Ric Flair, which was filming at the recent WrestleMania event in LA.

The eight-part docuseries follows the grueling training, personal triumphs, and life-changing moments of talented young men and women making their professional wrestling dreams a reality. Thousands of pro wrestling hopefuls will be narrowed down to an elite group of candidates going for the opportunity of a lifetime.

Arthur Smith, Frank Sinton, Ian Mallahan, Dan Baime, and Cena serve as executive producers.

Cena said,...

The WWE is expanding to another platform.

The sports entertainment company, which on April 3 unveiled plans to merge with Endeavor’s UFC, is producing a new docuseries called WWE: Recruits for The Roku Channel, with WWE legend John Cena set to produce and appear in the eight-episode series.

WWE: Recruits will follow a group of men and women hoping to become WWE superstars. Other stars set to appear in the series are Paul “Triple H” Levesque (who also leads WWE creative); Ric Flair; Shawn Michaels; and Bianca Belair. Filming is already underway, with some content produced at Wrestlemania last weekend.

A. Smith & Co. Productions (Hell’s Kitchen, American Ninja Warrior) is producing the series for Roku Channel.

WWE got its own docuseries with WWE: Recruits, which gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the development of new talent, something that the UFC has long done through its Ultimate Fighter series.

Take a look @ footage, plus images from the new police drama series "Shades of Blue" and the episode "False Face, False Heart", starring Jennifer Lopez, Ray Liotta ("Goodfellas"), Drea de Matteo ("The Sopranos"), with guest star Lolita Davidovich ("Recruits"), airing January 21, 2016 on NBC :

Created by Adi Hasak, the new series is set in New York City, starring Lopez as 'Harlee Santos', a single-mother 'NYPD' Detective...

...forced to work in the FBI's anti-corruption task force, while dealing with her own financial problems.

"...in "False Face, False Heart", 'Harlee' (Lopez) refuses to give 'Stahl' (Warren Kole) incriminating evidence against 'Wozniak' (Liotta)...

"...but hands over a fully resolved unofficial investigation that 'Tess (de Matteo) and 'Espada' (Vincent Laresca) initiated when they moved a body by Tess' house found to be murdered with a 3D printed gun.

"Wozniak confronts Harlee who executes a dangerous bluff..."

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I Am Thor

Directed by Ryan Wise

2015, USA / Canada /Finland / Sweden

Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are often associated with masculinity, aggression, and machismo but even by Heavy metal standards, the artist known as Thor (a.k.a. Jon Miki Thor) is an absolute beast!

The Norse god impersonator, semi-professional bodybuilder, performance artist, b-movie actor, and all-around nice guy is the subject of I Am Thor, an 84 minute documentary by director Ryan Wise which shines some insight into Thor’s wild life and documents his long-running come back. With a music career spanning five decades, Thor is one of the legends of rock-n-roll that not enough people know exists —and hopefully this film will change that. 15 years in the making and I Am Thor is finally here, and totally worth the wait.

I’ve seen some remarkable screenings over my 19 years of attending the Fantasia Film Festival. I’ll never forget the enthusiastic,...