Dax Shepard campaigned. Edward Norton tossed his hat into the ring. We at TV Guide even gave our dream suggestions. But only one man could come out on top in the battle for which member of Hollywood would get to portray Tiger King's Joe Exotic first, and the honor has officially gone to Nicolas Cage, which feels right.
As reported by Variety, Cage will star in an eight-episode scripted show centered around the eccentric subject of the Netflix docuseries.
It comes from Dan Lagana, showrunner of the gone-too-soon true crime parody show American Vandal, and Paul Young. The show — which also marks the first television role of Cage's career — will act as an origin story for Joe Schreibvogel, the man who eventually became Joe Exotic, and follow
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