Photo: Backgrid AU / BACKGRIDJohn Cameron Mitchell is taking flight as Joe Exotic.TheShrillactor, 58, was seen on set of NBCUniversal’s upcoming limited series based onTiger King’sJoseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage, seated in a yellow helicopter in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday.Mitchell plays the disgraced former Oklahoma zoo owner in the series, which will also starSaturday Night Live’sKate McKinnonas big cat loverCarole Baskin, who is Maldonado-Passage’s bitter rival.“I’m thrilled to take on the role of this modern folk antihero,” Mitchellsaid in a statement back in April. “Joe and I are the same age, and like him, I grew up queer in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, so I feel like I know a little bit about this guy and his desperate attempt to conquer an inhospitable world.“Joe Exotic.Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman/Imagn/USA Today Network/SipaWant to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.The series, which is expected to air on NBC, Peacock and the USA Network, is based onthe Wondery podcastJoe Exoticand will explore past true events as Baskin “learns that her nemesis Joseph ‘Joe Exotic’ Maldonado-Passage is breeding and using his big cats for profit,” according to a previous press release.McKinnon, 37, will also serve as executive producer alongside Etan Frankel (Sorry for Your Loss,Shameless). Frankel is also writing the upcoming project.RELATED VIDEO:Tiger King’s Joe Exotic Speaks Out After Not Receiving Pardon from Donald TrumpFans first learned about both Maldonado-Passage and Baskin (who runs an exotic big-cat sanctuary called Big Cat Rescue in Citrus Park, Florida) in Netflix’s popular docuseriesTiger King, which touched on their bitter rivalry and led to them both receiving significant media attention. Baskin evencompeted onDancing with the Stars.A judge for Oklahoma’s 10th District Court recently ordered Maldonado-Passage tobe re-sentenced after his 2019 convictionin a murder-for-hire plot. He was sentencedin 2020 to serve 22 years in prison.A release date for the limited series has not been announced.
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John Cameron Mitchell is taking flight as Joe Exotic.TheShrillactor, 58, was seen on set of NBCUniversal’s upcoming limited series based onTiger King’sJoseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage, seated in a yellow helicopter in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday.Mitchell plays the disgraced former Oklahoma zoo owner in the series, which will also starSaturday Night Live’sKate McKinnonas big cat loverCarole Baskin, who is Maldonado-Passage’s bitter rival.“I’m thrilled to take on the role of this modern folk antihero,” Mitchellsaid in a statement back in April. “Joe and I are the same age, and like him, I grew up queer in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, so I feel like I know a little bit about this guy and his desperate attempt to conquer an inhospitable world.“Joe Exotic.Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman/Imagn/USA Today Network/SipaWant to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.The series, which is expected to air on NBC, Peacock and the USA Network, is based onthe Wondery podcastJoe Exoticand will explore past true events as Baskin “learns that her nemesis Joseph ‘Joe Exotic’ Maldonado-Passage is breeding and using his big cats for profit,” according to a previous press release.McKinnon, 37, will also serve as executive producer alongside Etan Frankel (Sorry for Your Loss,Shameless). Frankel is also writing the upcoming project.RELATED VIDEO:Tiger King’s Joe Exotic Speaks Out After Not Receiving Pardon from Donald TrumpFans first learned about both Maldonado-Passage and Baskin (who runs an exotic big-cat sanctuary called Big Cat Rescue in Citrus Park, Florida) in Netflix’s popular docuseriesTiger King, which touched on their bitter rivalry and led to them both receiving significant media attention. Baskin evencompeted onDancing with the Stars.A judge for Oklahoma’s 10th District Court recently ordered Maldonado-Passage tobe re-sentenced after his 2019 convictionin a murder-for-hire plot. He was sentencedin 2020 to serve 22 years in prison.A release date for the limited series has not been announced.
John Cameron Mitchell is taking flight as Joe Exotic.
TheShrillactor, 58, was seen on set of NBCUniversal’s upcoming limited series based onTiger King’sJoseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage, seated in a yellow helicopter in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday.
Mitchell plays the disgraced former Oklahoma zoo owner in the series, which will also starSaturday Night Live’sKate McKinnonas big cat loverCarole Baskin, who is Maldonado-Passage’s bitter rival.
“I’m thrilled to take on the role of this modern folk antihero,” Mitchellsaid in a statement back in April. “Joe and I are the same age, and like him, I grew up queer in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, so I feel like I know a little bit about this guy and his desperate attempt to conquer an inhospitable world.”
Joe Exotic.Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman/Imagn/USA Today Network/Sipa
Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.
The series, which is expected to air on NBC, Peacock and the USA Network, is based onthe Wondery podcastJoe Exoticand will explore past true events as Baskin “learns that her nemesis Joseph ‘Joe Exotic’ Maldonado-Passage is breeding and using his big cats for profit,” according to a previous press release.
McKinnon, 37, will also serve as executive producer alongside Etan Frankel (Sorry for Your Loss,Shameless). Frankel is also writing the upcoming project.
RELATED VIDEO:Tiger King’s Joe Exotic Speaks Out After Not Receiving Pardon from Donald Trump
Fans first learned about both Maldonado-Passage and Baskin (who runs an exotic big-cat sanctuary called Big Cat Rescue in Citrus Park, Florida) in Netflix’s popular docuseriesTiger King, which touched on their bitter rivalry and led to them both receiving significant media attention. Baskin evencompeted onDancing with the Stars.
A judge for Oklahoma’s 10th District Court recently ordered Maldonado-Passage tobe re-sentenced after his 2019 convictionin a murder-for-hire plot. He was sentencedin 2020 to serve 22 years in prison.
A release date for the limited series has not been announced.
source: people.com
