In news that is both surprising and also not at all: Nicolas Cage is making his regular televison debut in the role of Tiger King super star, Joe Exotic in an upcoming eight-part scripted series.
According to Variety, the show comes from Dan Lagana, who was the show-runner for other Netflix sensation, American Vandal, and will be produced by Imagine and CBS.
It is based on a Texas Monthly article published in mid 2019 - before the Netflix documentary was released - titled Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild, by Leif Reigstad.
Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness was a cultural sensation, and shot Joe Schreibvogel a.k.a. Joe Exotic, the self-described “gay, gun-toting cowboy with a mullet” to