Joe Exotic to return for new series of 'Tiger King'

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Tiger King's Joe Exotic is due to feature in a second series of the Netflix hit docuseries.

Exotic's husband, Dillon Passage, shared the purported news with hosts Ranvir Singh and Adil Ray on today's episode (August 26) of Good Morning Britain.

He also revealed that he was featured in the upcoming episode, saying: "I’ve done a little bit of filming for that [season 2]".

Exotic was convicted of orchestrating a murder for hire plot to have Carole Baskin killed, and various animal abuse charges in 2019, for which he is now serving 22 years in prison.

Watch the trailer for 'Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness' below:

"I do not know the release date but it’s going to be very interesting because it will tell a little bit of Joe’s arrest and afterwards," Passage continued. "I know there’s going to be some phone call recordings of Joe that is going to be in it. There is no filming since he’s incarcerated."

Although Netflix has yet to confirm a second season of the popular watch, The Hollywood Reporter has alleged that another episode is incoming, and will serve as a "corrective to both the original seven-episode series as well as comedian Joel McHale’s aftershow special."

This comes after it was revealed that Nicholas Cage will be playing Exotic in a new television series.

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Per Variety, the eight-episode series is being produced by Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios, and is due to be taken to market in the coming days. The series is based on the Texas Monthly article: Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey into the World of a Man Gone Wild, which was written by Leif Reigstad.

CBS TV Studios reportedly optioned the article in June of 2019. Variety details that 56-year-old Cage will also be acting as executive producer, and that the script will be written by American Vandal showrunner Dan Lagana.

The television series is the first for the Oscar-winning actor, whose film credits include National Treasure, Moonstruck and Leaving Las Vegas.

The Netflix docuseries, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness, was released back in March, and per Nielsen Data, it is estimated to have reached 34.3 million viewers in its first 10 days of being on the streaming service.