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Nicolas Cage Will Tap Into His Inner Beast To Play Joe Exotic In TV Series

The role will mark the first regular TV role of Cage's career.

Nicolas Cage Will Tap Into His Inner Beast To Play Joe Exotic In TV Series

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Nicolas Cage will play Joe Exotic in a scripted TV series based on the eccentric zookeeper — whose real name is Joe Schreibvogel — who shot to fame thanks to the Netflix docu-series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.

CBS Studios announced plans for the eight-part limited series on Monday (May 4), but as of the time of writing, the show has not yet landed at a network.

According to Us Weekly magazine, the project will be based on Leif Reigstad's Texas Monthly article, 'Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild', rather than the Netflix documentary.

The series will mark the first TV show that movie star Cage has ever starred in, and he will also work as a producer for the series. Dan Lagana, the Emmy-nominated Netflix mockumentary series American Vandal, will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer.

A log line for the planned show reads: "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."

For Cage, the role comes after several actors, including Kevin Bacon, Rob Lowe, and Orlando Bloom, have been eyed to play Joe — who is currently serving 22 years in prison for plotting to murder big cat sanctuary owner Carole Baskin — in both film and TV adaptations of his life. — BANG

Photos: TPG News/Click Photos, Netflix

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