Nicolas Cage has starred in wide range of box office hits including “Face\/Off,” “Con Air” and “National Treasure” (Tommaso Boddi)<\/i><\/p>\n
Los Angeles (AFP) – Nicolas Cage will star in a scripted television series about flamboyant “Tiger King” zookeeper Joe Exotic, his publicist told AFP Monday.<\/p>\n
The Oscar-winning US actor will also executive produce the show based on a magazine article about Exotic, who recently shot to fame as the subject of a wildly popular docuseries.<\/p>\n
The surreal story of Exotic — a gay, mullet-wearing private zoo owner now in prison for murder-for-hire — became a US cultural phenomenon following the release of a Netflix documentary.<\/p>\n
“Tiger King” was watched a reported 34 million times in just 10 days following its release in March, providing welcome relief to a nation under coronavirus lockdown.<\/p>\n
Cage’s series will be his first major foray into television, and is the second scripted show known to be in the works about Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage.<\/p>\n
According to Variety, the eight-episode series will be created by CBS and Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Oscar-winning producer of “A Beautiful Mind.”<\/p>\n
It will “explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation,” the Hollywood trade publication said.<\/p>\n
Another television series based on a podcast about Exotic is also in development.<\/p>\n
Cage, who won the best actor Oscar for “Leaving Las Vegas” (1995), enjoys a cult following and has starred in wide range of box office hits including “Face\/Off,” “Con Air” and “National Treasure.”<\/p>\n
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Nicolas Cage has starred in wide range of box office hits including “Face\/Off,” “Con Air” and “National Treasure” (Tommaso Boddi) Los Angeles (AFP) – Nicolas Cage will star in a scripted television series about flamboyant “Tiger King” zookeeper Joe Exotic, his publicist told AFP Monday. The Oscar-winning US actor will also executive produce the show…<\/p>\n