Netflix Liver King Documentary Attaches ‘Harry Potter’ Reunion Director Joe Pearlman

Jake Kanter
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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has turned to one of its most trusted documentary directors to tell the story of the Liver King’s steroid scandal.

The streamer’s Untold franchise has enlisted Joe Pearlman to helm the Liver King film after he directed the Robbie Williams and Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now documentaries.

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Pearlman’s other credits include HBO Max’s Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts and Bros documentary feature After the Screaming Stops.

Produced by Bitachon 365 and Candle True Stories, the Liver King film will examine the social backlash against the self-styled “primal living” social media guru after he admitted to steroid use.

In 2022, the TikTok star, whose real name is Brian Johnson, issued an apology for taking the body-building drug, something he had repeatedly denied in the past.

“I lied, and I misled a lot of people,” said Johnson, who built an audience of millions with his shirtless videos in which he showcases his “ancestral” diet, which includes eating raw bull testicles. “Yes, I’ve done steroids and, yes, I’m on steroids,” he added.

Other films announced as part of the Untold strand include a deep dive into the 2009 locker room gun incident between Washington Wizards players Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton, as well as the chess cheating scandal involving chess grandmasters Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen.

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