Tiger King: Dax Shepard and Edward Norton Are Fan Casting Themselves as Joe Exotic

It's hard to scroll through social media without coming across somebody talking about Netflix's popular Tiger King series (or, in the case of Jared Leto, just dressing as Joe Exotic and hosting a viewing party) and now other celebrities are joining in on the action by fan casting themselves in a hypothetical biopic - without realizing there's already a Joe Exotic scripted series in the works, with Kate McKinnon set to play Carole Baskin. Even before Netflix's Tiger King took the internet by storm - leading many to wonder what happened to Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin, and Doc Antle after the docuseries stopped filming - a scripted Joe Exotic TV show has been in development since November 2019, with McKinnon also executive producing. But a number of celebrity fans of the Netflix series are already dream-casting themselves; Dax Shepard started the discussion that eventually spun out to include other stars like Edward Norton, Justin Long, and Jim Gaffigan. Shepard and Norton jokingly went toe-to-toe for the role of Joe "Exotic" Schreibvogel. Check it out below.   [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-best-netflix-original-movies-and-tv-shows&captions=true"] This mention of "Machinest" is a reference to The Machinist starring Christian Bale, where the actor lost a significant amount of weight for the role. The conversation didn't end there, though, as Justin Long jumped in to add that Jim Gaffigan should play Bhagavan 'Doc' Antle. Shepard responded to tell Long that Gaffigan is a great choice for the role (while others on Twitter have suggested Tim Robbins) and added that Channing Tatum should play Shepard's Joe Exotic's "toothless first husband," John Finlay. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/03/10/top-25-crime-movies"] These celebrities were speaking hypothetically, but they might actually get the chance to bring their tweets to fruition, given McKinnon's limited series, which is in the works at Universal Cable Productions. This series will be based on the second season of Wondery's Over My Dead Body podcast about Joe Exotic. TVLine reveals that a UCP representative told them that the Joe Exotic series remains in active development as of March 24. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN who should probably see what this Joe Exotic Netflix show is all about, huh? You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

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