Nicolas Cage Will No Longer Be Playing Joe Exotic As Amazon Scraps ‘Tiger King’ Project

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John Cameron Mitchell looks unrecognizable as Joe Exotic!

John Cameron Mitchell is getting into character!

Is the Tiger King about to be uncaged?!

Joe Exotic’s current prison sentence has been vacated by a judge in Oklahoma, but the Tiger King star is to stay in prison and be resentenced.

“Tiger King” subject Joe Exotic’s sentence has been vacated — but he will remain behind bars as he awaits resentencing.

's Joe Exotic's sentence has been vacated — but he will remain behind bars as he awaits resentencing.A judge for Oklahoma's 10th District Court has ordered the eccentric zookeeper — real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage -- to remain in prison until he is re-sentenced following his 2019 conviction in the murder-for-hire plot of animal activist, Carole Baskin, ET confirms. Maldonado-Passage was previously sentenced in 2020 to serve 22 years in prison for the plot against Baskin as well as other crimes, which included killing tigers to make room for more at this exotic animal park. According to the U.S.

Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka Joe Exotic, the subject of the wildly popular Netflix docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness that detailed the raconteur animal handler’s role in a murder-for-hire plot against rival animal-rights activist Carole Baskin, is getting resentenced for the crime.

told Variety. “They felt at one point that it was lightning in a bottle, but that point has since faded into the distance and it’s no longer relevant.”Almost immediately following the 2020 release and rise of the Netflix hit “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” — which chronicled the rivalry between big-cat wrangler Joe Schreibvogel Maldonado, a k a Joe Exotic, and his nemesis, Carole Baskin — there was a race to see who could create a program centered on the dueling enthusiasts.

No one can blame Carole Baskin for this one. After a highly anticipated Tiger King scripted series was announced last year, Amazon — and star Nicolas Cage — have chosen not to move forward with the project.

It looks like Nicolas Cage won’t be stepping into the cowboy boots of Joe Exotic after all.  Following the immense success of the highly improbable Netflix documentary series "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness" in 2020, the eclectic actor was tapped for an eight-part dramatization of the life of the series’ subject, Joseph Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic. Cage was an obvious choice to take on the flamboyant former Oklahoma zookeeper, who is currently serving time behind bars for his part in orchestrating a failed murder-for-hire plot against his rival, Big Cat Rescue CEO Carole Baskin.

John Cameron Mitchell was photographed in costume as Joe Exotic on Sunday.  The actor is starring in the upcoming Peacock series as the zookeeper who became famous from the Netflix series "Tiger King." Actress Kate McKinnon will play Carole Baskin and Kyle MacLachlan will star as Baskin’s husband, Howard. Mitchell filmed a celebratory PDA scene in front of a pet shop in Brisbane on Sunday.

Amazon Prime Video has opted not to proceed with a scripted series starring Nicolas Cage as the infamous Joe Exotic, subject of the hit Netflix docuseries Tiger King, Deadline has confirmed.

2 min read Saturday Night Live (SNL) star Kate McKinnon, veteran actor Dennis Quaid and Hedwig and the Angry Inch star John Cameron Mitchell will star in the upcoming TV show about ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic and filming is expected to get underway in Brisbane, Australia in coming weeks.