Joe Exotic is getting another star turn. This time, Hollywood superstar Nicolas Cage will portray the eccentric zoo owner in an eight-episode docudrama for ViacomCBS (NYSE: CBS).
The Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) original series about Joe Exotic's dramatic life, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness, turned both heads and stomachs in the spring of 2020. The show garnered 64 million views in its first four weeks and became a staple of this year's social media culture.
CBS Television Studios hopes to tap into the same eyeball-magnet energy while the Tiger King phenomenon is hot. The scripted miniseries will be based on the Texas Monthly article "Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild," by Leif Reigstad, which explores Joe Exotic's colorful backstory and his trial for attempted murder for hire.