Nicolas Cage has been cast as JoeExotic in an eight-episode scripted series, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
The TV show, which will be Cage's first, comes from CBS Television Studios and Imagine Television. It's based on aTexas Monthly story published in 2019, not the Tiger King Netflix docu-series.
This is the second scripted project based on Joe Exotic in the works. Kate McKinnon will executive produce and playCarole Baskin in a show based on Wondery's Joe Exotic podcast.
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