The Tiger King saga continues, this time with the announcement that Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage will play Joe Exotic in a new series for CBS Television Studios.
The Netflix series Tiger King details the life of Joe Exotic, a would-be musician, politician and reality show star with a private zoo in rural Oklahoma. Exotic’s life went off the rails after a longtime feud with fellow tiger lover Carole Baskin and a series of tragedies in his personal life, including the death of his husband, Travis Maldonato. The show became a phenomenon upon its debut on Netflix in March.
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Cage, the star of films like Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock, National Treasure and Adaptation, seems well suited for the role. As one of Hollywood’s most notorious eccentrics, having purchased a private island, a number of castles and collector’s items like Action Comics #1 (in which Superman makes his debut appearance) and a dinosaur skull. His exotic tastes landed him in trouble with the IRS for unpaid taxes in 2009, and has since taken roles in a series of dubious projects (like the Left Behind reboot) to settle his finances.
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American Vandal showrunners Dan Lagana and Paul Young will develop and produce the show. This is, for the record, an altogether different adaptation of the Joe Exotic saga than the one in development at Universal Studios, set to feature Kate McKinnon as Carole Baskin.
No release date for either project has been announced, and with COVID-19 continuing to shutter production in Hollywood, it could be some time before Joe Exotic hits screens.
Chrisk
David Spade would’ve been better.
Troysky
@Chris lotsa times I agree with you….and while spade looks more like Joe, spade constantly acts so friggin dull, he’d fail. would like to see him get horny though with another guy…more than Cage.
Josh447
Seems Rob Lowe was a consideration but Gage makes a lot more sense.
Thad
This project is doomed. Nothing could top the reality.
Josh447
I agree. It’ll be interesting to see how they spin it. The original was full on addicting.
CityBoy300
Queerty – as I was reading this, an ad for Nivea appeared, a company with overtly homophobic senior executives which have made scurrilous anti-gay statements. Are you such whores you’ll accept money from any advertiser? Hobby Lobby? Chik-Fil-A? Liberty University?
HankHarris
a double dose of no thank you
justgeo
Shitty actor who cares pull the chain.