#Roommates, without question, Netflix’s hit documentary series “Tiger King” has been one of the biggest hits the streaming service has had in years—and fans are about to get even more of it thanks to an Oscar winner. It has just been announced that Nicolas Cage is set to play Joe Exotic in an upcoming “Tiger King” scripted series.
@Variety exclusively reports, Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage will officially step into the role of Joe Exotic, the currently incarcerated and oddly fascinating central character of the Netflix massive hit series. While the current “Tiger King” is a multi-part documentary, this upcoming version will be a scripted series. The eight-episode series starring Nicolas will be based on the Texas Monthly article “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into The World Of A Man Gone Wild,” by Leif Reigstad. It’s also currently being produced by Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios.
The story centers around Joe Schreibvogel, a.k.a Joe Exotic, an eccentric, exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park even at the risk of losing his sanity. The series will explore Joe’s life in the lion’s den, explore how he became Joe Exotic and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation.
The role will be the first regular television role in Nicolas Cage’s career. He has primarily been a Hollywood film actor, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996 for “Leaving Las Vegas” and being nominated in 2003 for “Adaptation.”
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