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Johnathan Walton Media has struck a deal with The Hideaway Entertainment to develop his latest true-crime podcast, \u201cThe Handyman of West Texas,\u201d for the screen.<\/p>\n
Walton is a popular true-crime podcast host who began building his own media firm after he produced a successful podcast series about his own devastating encounter with a scam artist. \u201cThe Handyman of West Texas\u201d tells the steamy story of a male sex worker in Midland, Texas who serves an upper-crust female clientele in the oil boom town. The six-episode podcast series bowed in January.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMickey,\u201d as the sex worker is described in the series, makes house calls posing as a handyman hired to do odd jobs at the homes of successful oil executives. The series also explores the impact of Mickey\u2019s day job, which is doing the muscle work of natural gas extraction, or fracking. On his days off, Mickey claims to have been hired by \u201chundreds\u201d of women for sexual encounters in Midland and environs in recent years.<\/p>\n \u201cThe podcast speaks for itself \u2014 the global audience it has built isn\u2019t passive. They\u2019re hooked and craving more. They\u2019re drawn to Mickey and the contradictions of this world, and we see an opportunity to expand his story into something unique, ambitious and tastefully experiential for viewers to enjoy,\u201d Hideaway\u2019s Ryan Cassells said.<\/p>\n Walton is working on the adaptation with Hideaway\u2019s Cassells, Jonathan Gray and Jean-Luc De Fanti. Cassells brought the project in to company. Walton and his producing partner Evan Goldstein will executive producer for Johnathan Walton Media. The collaborators have yet to determine whether the adaptation will aim for a feature film or a multi-episode series.<\/p>\n Walton is a local TV journalist (who worked in Houston and San Antonio) turned reality TV producer turned podcaster. He\u2019s eager to expand his wings as a storyteller.<\/p>\n Walton\u2019s professional life took an unexpected turn following the release of 2021\u2019s \u201cQueen of the Con\u201d podcast. Since then Walton has been a prolific producer of high-profile audio series, including \u201cThe Quarterback and the Con Artist,\u201d \u201cThe Athlete Whisperer,\u201d \u201cThe California Girls,\u201d \u201cThe Unreal Housewife\u201d and more. Last year, Walton published the memoir \u201cAnatomy of a Con Artist,\u201d<\/a> which also serves as how-to guide for spotting con artists and avoiding manipulation.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always had an unintentional knack for uncovering and befriending fascinating characters, be they con artists, cocaine kingpins or oil-fracking sex workers,\u201d Walton said. \u201cI have learned that things are seldom ever what they first appear to be. And that the most compelling and original stories are always hiding in between the lines. And I always seem to find them by being stubbornly curious and asking tons of uncomfortable questions.\u201d<\/p>\n Hideaway has \u201cthe past and pedigree to turn \u2018The Handyman of West Texas\u2019 podcast into a rich and meaningful cultural touchstone on screen. I can\u2019t wait for the world to watch what we create together,\u201d Walton added.<\/p>\n The Hideaway is currently in post-production on feature \u201cAlone at Dawn,\u201d directed by Ron Howard, and starring Anne Hathaway and Adam Driver, for Amazon MGM Studios and Imagine Entertainment. Hideaway was represented by Eisner\u2019s Christian Simonds in the deal with Johnathan Walton Media.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Johnathan Walton Media has struck a deal with The Hideaway Entertainment to develop his latest true-crime podcast, \u201cThe Handyman of West Texas,\u201d for the screen. Walton is a popular true-crime podcast host who began building his own media firm after he produced a successful podcast series about his own devastating encounter with a scam artist. 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