Nicolas Cage will be portraying ‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic in a scripted limited television series.
According to Buzzfeed News, Nicolas Cage has signed a deal with Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios in an eight-episode series. The story will primarily focus on the life of Joe Exotic, real name Joe Shreibvogel Maldonado, along with the rise and fall of his exotic cat park in Oklahoma.
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“The story centers around Joe Shreibvogel, an eccentric, exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park — even at the risk of losing his sanity. The series will live in the lion’s den with Joe, explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation.”
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The series will be adapted from the 2019 article of Texas Monthly article titled “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild” by Leif Reigstad.