Nicolas Cage Starrer Series Based on Joe Exotic Will Be Developed at Amazon
If the reports of Variety are to be believed, Tiger King’s Joe Exotic will have a scripted series based on his life created at Amazon which will star Nicolas Cage in the lead role. The Variety was first to exclusively report in May that the project was in development under the banner of Imagine Television and CBS Television Studios. Now, a team from Variety also reports that apparently Amazon has also arrived on the scene and will work alongside CBS Television Studios and Imagine Television in production of the show. According to the report, the story of the series will be based on an article published in Texas monthly titled “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey into the World of a Man Gone Wild” which was penned by Leif Reigstad. The story will follow Joe Shreibvogel (played by Nicolas Cage) commonly known as the Joe Exotic, a strange and brave zookeeper in Oklahoma who struggles to keep his zoo putting his sanity on the line. The series will prod deep in Joe’s life, revealing why he bec...