We probably should have seen this coming.
After the the hit Netflix docuseries became the talk of the nation, Joe Exotic, the star of Tiger King, said he wanted Brad Pitt or David Spade (Joe Dirt) to play him in a movie.
While Brad Pitt wasn't available, we've now learned actor Nick Cage has been chosen to portray Exotic in a TV series produced by the same mockumentary producer, Dan Lagana, who made American Vandal.
The show, which will be produced by Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios, doesn’t yet have a premiere date. No word either on which network or platform it will appear on.
Back in June 2019, Lagana bought the rights to Leif Reigstad’s Texas Monthly article “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild.”
Cage, 56, might be the perfect choice for the role. Like Exotic, he’s also known for larger than life antics, such as pre-buying his own pyramid-shaped mausoleum or going full Method to get into character, even if it means snorting saccharine or hiring a “drinking coach.”
It will mark the first TV role from Cage, who is also signed up to be playing himself in a movie about himself called “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.”