Nicolas Cage is getting exotic for his first-ever television role.The actor is set to play star Joe Exotic in a new scripted series from Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios, ET can confirm.
showrunner Dan Lagana will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer on the eight-episode series, which is based on the article “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild,” by Leif Reigstad.«The story centers around Joe Schreibvogel, a.k.a Joe Exotic, an eccentric, exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park even at the risk of losing his sanity,» reports. «The series will live in the lion’s den with Joe, explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own
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