Actor Nicolas Cage will play Joe Exotic from the series “Tiger King” in a scripted series for TV.
It will be an eight-episode series and will detail how Exotic built his private zoo as well as explore his feud with Carole Baskin, owner of Tampa’s Big Cat Rescue.
Cage has been in talks to play the role since April, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The show is currently titled “Joe Exotic.”
The Hollywood Reporter said the series will focus on Exotic’s fight to keep his animal park and it will explore how Joe became Joe Exotic and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation.