By Nellie Andreeva, Patrick Hipes Rob Lowe may be taking on Joe Exotic, the lead character from Netflix’s hugely popular docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.
Lowe is in discussions with Ryan Murphy about a scripted adaptation of the wild tale, which he would headline. Lowe teased the potential project in an instagram post, in which he poses as the Oklahoma animal trainer at the center of the series who is now in prison for hiring a hitman to murder a local animal-rights activist. “Ryan Murphy and I will be developing our version of this insane story.
Stay tuned!” he wrote. Lowe and Murphy are friends; Lowe currently stars in Fox’s spinoff series 9-1-1: Lone Star, co-created and executive produced by Murphy.
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