{"id":2464,"date":"2021-07-30T11:56:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T09:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1298807"},"modified":"2021-07-30T11:56:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T09:56:44","slug":"joe-exotic-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/joe-exotic-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Exotic: release date, cast, trailer, and latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Saturday Night Live cast member Kate McKinnon leads the cast as Carole Baskin. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 30 July 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>NBC Universal Television has ordered a multi-platform scripted series about the rivalry between Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin, who both featured in the hit <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/netflix\/&quot;\">Netflix<\/a> docu-series <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/on-demand\/2020-05-27\/tiger-king-season-2-netflix\/&quot;\">Tiger King<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show isn\u2019t to be confused with the\u00a0rival Amazon TV\u00a0production, which was set to star Nicolas Cage in the role of Joe Exotic, but was recently shelved.<\/p>\n<p>In this NBC version, the narrative focus will be on Baskin, played by Saturday Night Live cast member Kate McKinnon, while John Cameron Mitchell will play exotic animal breeder\u00a0Joe \u201cExotic\u201d Schreibvogel.<\/p>\n<p>Both real-life big cat enthusiasts clashed in the Netflix lockdown hit; the synopsis for the dramatisation reveals that fictional Baskin will learn her on-screen nemesis \u201cis breeding and using his big cats for profit. She sets out to shut down his venture, inciting a quickly escalating rivalry\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u201cCarole has a checkered past of her own and when the claws come out, Joe will stop at nothing to expose what he sees as her hypocrisy. The results prove dangerous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for everything you need to know about Joe Exotic (working title).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Joe Exotic release date<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Various castings were announced in June and July 2021, but it\u2019s not yet been announced whether filming has begun on the series. We\u2019ll keep this page updated with any news.<\/p> <h2><strong>Joe Exotic cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Saturday Night Live cast member Kate McKinnon (who also executive produces) plays Carole Baskin, while John Cameron Mitchell will play Joe \u201cExotic\u201d Schreibvogel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-726578\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/tiger-king-396aa9c.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Tiger\" title=\"&quot;Tiger\" \/><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" \/> Joe Exotic in Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (Netflix)<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Last year the real\u00a0Baskin explained in the <a class=\"&quot;external-link&quot;\" title=\"&quot;(opens\" href=\"\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-pet-show-with-dennis-quaid-and-jimmy-jellinek\/id1522892835&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"&quot;external-disclaimer&quot;\">The Pet Show<\/a> podcast with Dennis Quaid\u00a0and Jimmy Jellinek from AudioUp that McKinnon had not yet \u201creached out\u201d to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really hope that she does before she gets too far down the line with it,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019d love to know what her take is on it and what she\u2019s thinking to do and see if there was any way we could advise her. We reached out to her through the media \u2014 because I don\u2019t have any way of contacting Kate McKinnon \u2014 but we had posted publicly that we really hope that her or anybody that does any kind of follow-up programming doesn\u2019t end up hiring people that are exploiting and abusing cats. It\u2019s like the worst thing you can do is abuse cats to show other people that you shouldn\u2019t abuse cats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kyle MacLachlan\u00a0will play Carole\u2019s husband, Howard Baskin, while Marlo Kelly (Dare Me) will play Carole\u2019s daughter, Jamie Murdock.<\/p>\n<p>William Fichtner\u00a0(Mom) is cast as reality show producer Rick Kirkham (replacing Dennis Quaid, who was previously cast in the role but had to pull out due to a scheduling conflict).<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the cast is newcomer Lex Mayson, who will play Saff, Joe\u2019s employee, who had their arm ripped off by a tiger during the series.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Joe Exotic trailer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s no trailer for Joe Exotic yet, but we\u2019ll keep this page updated with any news.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\"><strong>TV guide<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Saturday Night Live cast member Kate McKinnon leads the cast as Carole Baskin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":2465,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/joe-exotic-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news.png",620,420,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/joe-exotic-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/joe-exotic-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news-300x203.png",300,203,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/joe-exotic-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news.png",620,420,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/joe-exotic-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news.png",620,420,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/joe-exotic-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news.png",620,420,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/joe-exotic-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news.png",620,420,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Saturday Night Live cast member Kate McKinnon leads the cast as Carole Baskin.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/2464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}