Nicolas Cage Says He Won't Play Joe Exotic as Amazon Shelves 'Tiger King' Project

‘Pig ‘to open EdinburghThis year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will open with the European premiere of Pig, starring Nicola Cage. The screening will take place on August 18. In the film, Cage plays a truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness and must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped. The pic will be released in the UK by Altitude on August 20. EIFF runs August 18-25 this year.

Although actor Nicolas Cage has made dozens of movies over the past few years, it’s been nearly a decade since he appeared in anything that might reasonably be referred to as “mainstream.” In the intervening period, he’s become more meme than man, with his image morphing into a kind of cultural shorthand for eccentricity.

George Clooney before him — whose real-life hog apparently came between him and his former girlfriends — Nicolas Cage really, really loves his pig. In the movie “Pig,” the 57-year-old actor whose career has taken a turn for the weird, plays a shaggy, grizzled truffle farmer named Rob in the Pacific Northwest who has a deep affection for his prized swine.But don’t worry.

Nicolas Cage and wife Riko Shibata‘s love story involves flying squirrels. The Academy Award winner, 57, and his new wife, 26, made their red carpet debut at the premiere of the actor’s upcoming thriller film Pig on Tuesday, July 13 in Los Angeles, marking the couple’s first public appearance since they quietly tied the knot in Vegas in February. At the premiere, Nicolas recalled the moment he knew the relationship with Riko would work out.

'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

Britney Spears' side in the early aughts, is apologizing.In referring to the pop star's bombshell testimony in her conservatorship case last month, Sam tweeted on July 14, "Just sitting here listening to that court recording,  if she hates me after she's free I won't blame her… I failed her, I was supposed to protect her from all this, I let her down and we both paid dearly for it – – head in hands..I'm so sorry."Just sitting here listening to that court recording, if she hates me after she'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.

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.

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.

PIG tells the story of a truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.

Nicolas Cage was sure his wife was the one after learning about her unusual pets. ET's Lauren Zima spoke to the 57-year-old actor at the premiere of his latest flick, , and he revealed more details about his and wife Riko Shibata's love story.

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.

Nicolas Cage and his fifth wife, Riko Shibata, are going strong! The lovebirds, who got married in Feb. 2021, walked their first red carpet together five months later on July 13. They attended the premiere of Pig in Los Angeles, and looks very much in love as they posed for photos. While walking the carpet, the two held hands, and at one point, they gazed lovingly into each other’s eyes. Nicolas wore a suit for the event, while Riko stunned in a black halter dress.

Nicolas Cage has revealed that he won’t be playing the role of convicted felon Joe Exotic as Amazon has reportedly shelved the “Tiger King” drama series. Amazon felt the series had become “past tense”, since “it took such a long time for them to come together,” the 57-year-old actor, an Oscar winner whose performances have been translated to thousands of memes, told Variety.

Nicolas Cage and his new wife Riko Shibata have made their red carpet debut as husband and wife. The couple posed hand-in-hand for the cameras at the LA premiere of his new film, Pig, on Tuesday night.Nicolas and Riko – who at 26 is 31 years younger than the Hollywood star – first met in her native Japan in 2020.

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.