John Cameron Mitchell Reveals Why He Didn’t Meet Joe Exotic In Preparation For ‘Tiger King’ Role

Marlo Kelly (Dare Me) is set for a key role opposite Kate McKinnon and John Cameron Mitchell in Joe Exotic (working title), Peacock’s limited series based on the Wondery podcast.

John Cameron Mitchell looks unrecognizable as Joe Exotic!

John Cameron Mitchell is getting into character!

'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

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.

Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka “Joe Exotic” from Netflix’s “Tiger King,” has won an appeal of his prison sentence. Maldonado-Passage, who is currently serving a 22-year sentence for attempting to have his rival Carole Baskin killed, will be resentenced.

YouTube and a failed 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial campaign, was prominently featured in the popular Netflix documentary “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.”The panel agreed with Maldonado-Passage that the court should have treated them as one conviction at sentencing because they both involved the same goal of killing Baskin, who runs a rescue sanctuary for big cats in Florida.

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.

It appears the pandemic-induced fever dream idea of having Nicolas Cage star as Joe Exotic in a TV narrative adaptation of “Tiger King” was just too good (or weird) to be true. According to an interview with Variety, Cage explained why he is no longer attached to the Amazon version of the Joe Exotic story.

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.

Amazon decided to shelve their forthcoming Tiger King adaptation.The project was reportedly picked up by the studio back in September, with Cage set to play the role of the controversial zookeeper Exotic.However, speaking to Variety this week, Cage confirmed that the Tiger King-themed series has been dropped for now.“We should clear the record,” Cage said.

Nicolas Cage as Joe Exotic...for now. The Oscar-winning actor was set to play the viral star but said Amazon decided to shelve the project, inspired by the Netflix docu-series In a new interview with , Cage said that while he was very much into the project, Amazon ultimately felt like the content was «past tense,» after the series took so long to come together.

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.

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