2Nd Update: The sequel series to Tiger King has been on Netflix for almost a month now, and today Carole Baskin’s lawsuit against the streamer and others over the Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode directed franchise is over.
Having failed to get a desired injunction to block the November 17 launch of Tiger King 2 and facing a summery judgment motion, Big Cat Rescue founder Baskin and her husband Howard have dropped their contact lawsuit over the series.
In a one-page filing in federal court Wednesday, the Baskins gave “notice of their voluntary dismissal of this action.” Within hours of the dismissal from the plaintiffs, Tampa-based Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington officially tossed the messy matter “without prejudice” – which means it’s over …unlike Joe Exotic’s prison stint.
1St Update, Nov 1, 11:55 Pm: Netflix won’t have to worry about Carole Baskin and her just filed contract lawsuit pulling...
Having failed to get a desired injunction to block the November 17 launch of Tiger King 2 and facing a summery judgment motion, Big Cat Rescue founder Baskin and her husband Howard have dropped their contact lawsuit over the series.
In a one-page filing in federal court Wednesday, the Baskins gave “notice of their voluntary dismissal of this action.” Within hours of the dismissal from the plaintiffs, Tampa-based Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington officially tossed the messy matter “without prejudice” – which means it’s over …unlike Joe Exotic’s prison stint.
1St Update, Nov 1, 11:55 Pm: Netflix won’t have to worry about Carole Baskin and her just filed contract lawsuit pulling...
- 12/16/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
“Tiger King” once roared on Netflix. Now, the docuseries franchise about exotic animal collectors can barely muster a squeak.
“Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story” is the latest chapter in the ongoing, unbelievable saga of big cats and their suspect, and sometimes criminal, owners. Much like Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin, Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was an eccentric star — though some would use that term loosely — and private zoo owner in the original “Tiger King.” The new, three-episode miniseries digs deeper into his past and alleges several incidents of sexual abuse and violence against former romantic partners and colleagues. However, this spinoff fails to stir up nearly as much bing-worthy excitement or as many jaw-dropping revelations as the first “Tiger King” (nor its lackluster follow-up released just three weeks ago).
Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, the directors of both previous “Tiger King” series, shot extra footage and sit-down interviews with people...
“Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story” is the latest chapter in the ongoing, unbelievable saga of big cats and their suspect, and sometimes criminal, owners. Much like Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin, Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was an eccentric star — though some would use that term loosely — and private zoo owner in the original “Tiger King.” The new, three-episode miniseries digs deeper into his past and alleges several incidents of sexual abuse and violence against former romantic partners and colleagues. However, this spinoff fails to stir up nearly as much bing-worthy excitement or as many jaw-dropping revelations as the first “Tiger King” (nor its lackluster follow-up released just three weeks ago).
Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, the directors of both previous “Tiger King” series, shot extra footage and sit-down interviews with people...
- 12/10/2021
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
A new chapter in Netflix’s “Tiger King” saga is coming next week.
A three-part documentary about private zoo operator Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, titled “Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story,” is set to premiere on the streamer Dec. 10. Directed by “Tiger King” and “Tiger King 2” documentarians Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode, the series will further dive into Antle’s mysterious past and “lifelong abuses of power,” according to the announcement.
“A lifelong showman, Doc Antle has built his various careers on theatrics, attracting a slew of admirers along the way,” a synopsis of the documentary reads. “But beneath the eccentric, animal-loving facade lies a predator far more dangerous than his beloved big cats and a man shadier than any of his ‘Tiger King’ counterparts. Over three episodes, ‘Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story’ unpacks the truth about Doc, as witnesses come forward to share their troubling stories of abuse...
A three-part documentary about private zoo operator Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, titled “Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story,” is set to premiere on the streamer Dec. 10. Directed by “Tiger King” and “Tiger King 2” documentarians Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode, the series will further dive into Antle’s mysterious past and “lifelong abuses of power,” according to the announcement.
“A lifelong showman, Doc Antle has built his various careers on theatrics, attracting a slew of admirers along the way,” a synopsis of the documentary reads. “But beneath the eccentric, animal-loving facade lies a predator far more dangerous than his beloved big cats and a man shadier than any of his ‘Tiger King’ counterparts. Over three episodes, ‘Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story’ unpacks the truth about Doc, as witnesses come forward to share their troubling stories of abuse...
- 12/3/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
As “Tiger King” itself notes in its Season 2 premiere, during an opening sequence delivered with all the melodramatic gravitas of a grim thriller, Netflix dropped “Tiger King” at precisely the right moment for it to become the cultural sensation it did. By March 19 of 2020, millions of people were stuck at home waiting out the first wave of the novel coronavirus, not realizing that life was about to change for a much longer time than it takes to perfect sourdough starter. For anyone else starved for something besides a deadly virus to focus on, something as flashy and splashy as “Tiger King” provided the perfect kind of distraction. The interwoven tales of warring Oklahoma big cat enthusiasts “Joe Exotic,” Carole Baskin, and the wild cast of characters surrounding them proved irresistible. That the show wasn’t particularly good or well-made didn’t really matter. “Tiger King,” in all its tacky glory,...
- 11/17/2021
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not watched “Tiger King 2” on Netflix.
It has been a year and a half since “Tiger King” mania took over the newly-locked down world, and now Netflix is hoping to recapture that magic with “Tiger King 2.” This time around, though, the focus is much heavier on Carole Baskin and her missing former husband, Don Lewis.
The original docuseries — centering on a feud between big cat zoo owners and the tumultuous personal life and fame seeking of Joseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage — first premiered on Netflix in March 2020, right when the Covid-19 pandemic was forcing people inside. A content consumption frenzy ensued, leading to directors Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode filming enough additional footage to fill five more episodes.
There were several questions lingering at the end of “Tiger King” — most obviously, “Was Joe Exotic framed and will he get out of jail?...
It has been a year and a half since “Tiger King” mania took over the newly-locked down world, and now Netflix is hoping to recapture that magic with “Tiger King 2.” This time around, though, the focus is much heavier on Carole Baskin and her missing former husband, Don Lewis.
The original docuseries — centering on a feud between big cat zoo owners and the tumultuous personal life and fame seeking of Joseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage — first premiered on Netflix in March 2020, right when the Covid-19 pandemic was forcing people inside. A content consumption frenzy ensued, leading to directors Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode filming enough additional footage to fill five more episodes.
There were several questions lingering at the end of “Tiger King” — most obviously, “Was Joe Exotic framed and will he get out of jail?...
- 11/17/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Carole Baskin is suing Netflix for using footage of her in the upcoming “Tiger King 2” series.
Baskin and her husband, Howard Baskin, filed suit in Tampa, Fla. on Monday against the streamer and production company Royal Goode Productions. According to the documents, obtained by Variety, Baskin alleges that Royal Goode Productions has breached contract by continuing to use footage of her and her husband in “Tiger King 2,” since they only signed appearance release forms for the first documentary. Netflix declined to comment on the matter.
“Understanding that the Appearance Releases limited Royal Goode Productions’ use of the footage of the Baskins and Big Cat Rescue to the single, initial documentary motion picture, the Baskins believed that any sequel – though odious – would not include any of their footage,” the document reads, also stating that the Baskins were surprised to see that footage of them was used in the trailer for “Tiger King 2.
Baskin and her husband, Howard Baskin, filed suit in Tampa, Fla. on Monday against the streamer and production company Royal Goode Productions. According to the documents, obtained by Variety, Baskin alleges that Royal Goode Productions has breached contract by continuing to use footage of her and her husband in “Tiger King 2,” since they only signed appearance release forms for the first documentary. Netflix declined to comment on the matter.
“Understanding that the Appearance Releases limited Royal Goode Productions’ use of the footage of the Baskins and Big Cat Rescue to the single, initial documentary motion picture, the Baskins believed that any sequel – though odious – would not include any of their footage,” the document reads, also stating that the Baskins were surprised to see that footage of them was used in the trailer for “Tiger King 2.
- 11/1/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Tiger King 2 Trailer — Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin‘s Tiger King 2 (2021) TV show trailer has been released by Netflix. The Tiger King: Season 2 trailer stars Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin, Jeff Lowe, Tim Stark, Allen Glover, and James Garretson. Crew Jerome Upchurch and Damien Drake crafted the cinematography for this TV series. [...]
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- 10/29/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Netflix has released a dramatic first trailer for “Tiger King 2,” the sequel to the larger-than-life documentary series that got everyone through the first isolating weeks of the pandemic. Full of suspense and outlandish characters, “Tiger King” immediately captured viewers’ attention worldwide. Now the saga continues with Joe Exotic behind bars, and not the kind you keep a big cat in. Set to Liza Minnelli singing “Maybe This Time” from “Cabaret,” the trailer below teases plenty of drama and intrigue to come.
Here’s the official synopsis, per Netflix: “With Joe Exotic behind bars and Carole Baskin closing in on ownership of his disreputable zoo, the Emmy-nominated saga continues its twisted course with ‘Tiger King 2’ as newfound revelations emerge on the motivations, backstories, and secrets of America’s most notorious big cat owners. Old enemies and frenemies, including Jeff Lowe, Tim Stark, Allen Glover, and James Garretson return for another season of murder,...
Here’s the official synopsis, per Netflix: “With Joe Exotic behind bars and Carole Baskin closing in on ownership of his disreputable zoo, the Emmy-nominated saga continues its twisted course with ‘Tiger King 2’ as newfound revelations emerge on the motivations, backstories, and secrets of America’s most notorious big cat owners. Old enemies and frenemies, including Jeff Lowe, Tim Stark, Allen Glover, and James Garretson return for another season of murder,...
- 10/27/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
With Liza Minnelli’s old Cabaret anthem of optimism playing in the background (“Maybe this time I’ll win!”), the trailer for Netflix’s Tiger King 2 documentary sequel series promises all the drama, backstabbing and just plain weirdness that caught viewers’ attention the first time around.
The new series, premiering Nov. 17, is described by Netflix like this: With Joe Exotic behind bars and Carole Baskin closing in on ownership of his disreputable zoo, the Emmy-nominated saga continues its twisted course with Tiger King 2 as newfound revelations emerge on the motivations, backstories, and secrets of America’s most notorious big cat owners. Old enemies and frenemies, including Jeff Lowe, Tim Stark, Allen Glover, and James Garretson return for another season of murder, mayhem, and madness. Thought you knew the whole story? Just you wait.
Best line of the trailer? Says the King himself, Joe Exotic, “Jeff and Lauren are...
The new series, premiering Nov. 17, is described by Netflix like this: With Joe Exotic behind bars and Carole Baskin closing in on ownership of his disreputable zoo, the Emmy-nominated saga continues its twisted course with Tiger King 2 as newfound revelations emerge on the motivations, backstories, and secrets of America’s most notorious big cat owners. Old enemies and frenemies, including Jeff Lowe, Tim Stark, Allen Glover, and James Garretson return for another season of murder, mayhem, and madness. Thought you knew the whole story? Just you wait.
Best line of the trailer? Says the King himself, Joe Exotic, “Jeff and Lauren are...
- 10/27/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Tiger King 2 looks to be more bonkers than its predecessor.
Netflix on Wednesday dropped a full-length trailer for the forthcoming follow-up, and it looks pretty crazy.
“When you thought you’ve seen it all, you haven’t quite seen it all,” the clip teases.
“We have more money than God right now,” Jeff Lowe, who took over Joe’s zoo when he went to prison, says in the clip.
Joe is still incarcerated and unimpressed about everyone on the outside making a lot of money on the success of the original series.
At one point, he vows to make a deal with the devil, likely to get out of the big house.
The clip even touches upon the demands for Donald Trump to pardon him.
The trailer is a lot, and even though Carole Baskin has slammed the decision to bring the show back, it seems like there will...
Netflix on Wednesday dropped a full-length trailer for the forthcoming follow-up, and it looks pretty crazy.
“When you thought you’ve seen it all, you haven’t quite seen it all,” the clip teases.
“We have more money than God right now,” Jeff Lowe, who took over Joe’s zoo when he went to prison, says in the clip.
Joe is still incarcerated and unimpressed about everyone on the outside making a lot of money on the success of the original series.
At one point, he vows to make a deal with the devil, likely to get out of the big house.
The clip even touches upon the demands for Donald Trump to pardon him.
The trailer is a lot, and even though Carole Baskin has slammed the decision to bring the show back, it seems like there will...
- 10/27/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
A new trailer for Netflix’s Tiger King 2 suggests that 1) this follow-up is a round-up of mostly leftover Season 1 footage, 2) it will barely involve the imprisoned Joe Exotic, and 3) the rivalry with Carole Baskin will be revisited even though she very publicly distanced herself from the franchise.
Season 1, which was released early in the pandemic to a captive audience, tracked the rivalry between big cat “enthusiasts” Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel and Baskin. The feud took a dark turn when Schreibvogel — a mulleted, gun-toting polygamist, country singer and former gubernatorial candidate who presides over an Oklahoma roadside zoo — was arrested for...
Season 1, which was released early in the pandemic to a captive audience, tracked the rivalry between big cat “enthusiasts” Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel and Baskin. The feud took a dark turn when Schreibvogel — a mulleted, gun-toting polygamist, country singer and former gubernatorial candidate who presides over an Oklahoma roadside zoo — was arrested for...
- 10/27/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
More mayhem and madness lie ahead as Netflix confirms Tiger King 2 will debut on Nov. 17, during the streamer’s Tudum presentation on Saturday.
Netflix confirmed the date via a video refresher of documentary subjects Joe Exotic, and Carole Baskin, as well as all the best twists and turns from Season 1.
It’s not exactly clear what the focus will be for the new season of Tiger King, but Deadline understands that the filmmakers met with and spoke to Exotic (aka Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage né Schreibvogel) a number of times in prison.
Executive producers and directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin have remained connected with him since he began serving his sentence. The pair has previously discussed how being behind bars has taught Exotic about why keeping wild animals in cages was cruel.
Baskin has confirmed she will not be participating.
The first installment profiled wildcat owners including Exotic, the former owner of the G.
Netflix confirmed the date via a video refresher of documentary subjects Joe Exotic, and Carole Baskin, as well as all the best twists and turns from Season 1.
It’s not exactly clear what the focus will be for the new season of Tiger King, but Deadline understands that the filmmakers met with and spoke to Exotic (aka Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage né Schreibvogel) a number of times in prison.
Executive producers and directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin have remained connected with him since he began serving his sentence. The pair has previously discussed how being behind bars has taught Exotic about why keeping wild animals in cages was cruel.
Baskin has confirmed she will not be participating.
The first installment profiled wildcat owners including Exotic, the former owner of the G.
- 9/25/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
If you thought the world of “Tiger King” and Joe Exotic couldn’t get any kookier, think again. “Tiger King 2” will premiere on Netflix on Nov. 17, the streamer announced Saturday during its aptly-named global fan event Tudum, and it is promising “more madness and mayhem.”
Netflix released a video announcing the date for “Tiger King 2,” which mostly featured footage from the first series. A previous teaser showed an interview with Exotic in jail, and the follow-up promises more looks at the cast of characters, like Carole Baskin, Jeff Lowe and more, since the original show launched and took the world by storm.
The original docuseries, which captivated millions of Netflix users in the early days of Covid-19 lockdowns, picks up sometime after Exotic is imprisoned at Federal Medical Centre Fort Worth, where he is currently serving a 22-year sentence for attempting a murder-for-hire plot aimed at Baskin, plus 17 convictions for violations of animal abuse.
Netflix released a video announcing the date for “Tiger King 2,” which mostly featured footage from the first series. A previous teaser showed an interview with Exotic in jail, and the follow-up promises more looks at the cast of characters, like Carole Baskin, Jeff Lowe and more, since the original show launched and took the world by storm.
The original docuseries, which captivated millions of Netflix users in the early days of Covid-19 lockdowns, picks up sometime after Exotic is imprisoned at Federal Medical Centre Fort Worth, where he is currently serving a 22-year sentence for attempting a murder-for-hire plot aimed at Baskin, plus 17 convictions for violations of animal abuse.
- 9/25/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Carole Baskin Slams ‘Tiger King 2’ Directors: ‘I Wouldn’t Call Them True Documentarians’ (Exclusive)
Carole Baskin, a major figure in Netflix’s original “Tiger King” docuseries, has lashed out about the upcoming sequel, “Tiger King 2,” and its directors.
On Thursday, Netflix announced the new “Tiger King” series with brief footage of Baskin and Joe Exotic, with the latter phoning in from jail, where he is currently serving a 17-year sentence for attempting a murder-for-hire plot aimed at Baskin.
In a phone call with Variety on Thursday afternoon, Baskin said she knew that “Tiger King” directors Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode were filming more content, but she didn’t expect it to be finished so soon, after the original docuseries premiered in March 2020 and took the world by storm.
“I know some people who have been involved in it and they were doing more filming, so I assumed at some point they would come out with a ‘Tiger King 2.’ It took them five years to put together the first one,...
On Thursday, Netflix announced the new “Tiger King” series with brief footage of Baskin and Joe Exotic, with the latter phoning in from jail, where he is currently serving a 17-year sentence for attempting a murder-for-hire plot aimed at Baskin.
In a phone call with Variety on Thursday afternoon, Baskin said she knew that “Tiger King” directors Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode were filming more content, but she didn’t expect it to be finished so soon, after the original docuseries premiered in March 2020 and took the world by storm.
“I know some people who have been involved in it and they were doing more filming, so I assumed at some point they would come out with a ‘Tiger King 2.’ It took them five years to put together the first one,...
- 9/23/2021
- by Selome Hailu and Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
The behind-the-scenes Tiger King drama is starting again.
Carole Baskin issued a blistering statement about the newly announced Tiger King 2 after Netflix officially announced the sequel early Thursday along with some teaser footage.
“I don’t know how they put out a Tiger King 2 when Joe Schreibvogel’s [aka Joe Exotic] in jail and I’m refusing to be played again,” the Big Cat Rescue owner wrote. “Rebecca Chaiklin [director of Tiger King] said she wanted to ‘clear the air’ about what they did to me in Tiger King. I told her to lose my number. There is no explanation ...
Carole Baskin issued a blistering statement about the newly announced Tiger King 2 after Netflix officially announced the sequel early Thursday along with some teaser footage.
“I don’t know how they put out a Tiger King 2 when Joe Schreibvogel’s [aka Joe Exotic] in jail and I’m refusing to be played again,” the Big Cat Rescue owner wrote. “Rebecca Chaiklin [director of Tiger King] said she wanted to ‘clear the air’ about what they did to me in Tiger King. I told her to lose my number. There is no explanation ...
- 9/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The behind-the-scenes Tiger King drama is starting again.
Carole Baskin issued a blistering statement regarding Tiger King 2 after Netflix officially announced the sequel early Thursday and revealed some teaser footage.
“I don’t know how they put out a Tiger King 2 when Joe Schreibvogel’s [aka Joe Exotic] in jail and I’m refusing to be played again,” the Big Cat Rescue owner wrote. “Rebecca Chaiklin [director of Tiger King] said she wanted to ‘clear the air’ about what they did to me in Tiger King. I told her to lose my number. There is no explanation for such a ...
Carole Baskin issued a blistering statement regarding Tiger King 2 after Netflix officially announced the sequel early Thursday and revealed some teaser footage.
“I don’t know how they put out a Tiger King 2 when Joe Schreibvogel’s [aka Joe Exotic] in jail and I’m refusing to be played again,” the Big Cat Rescue owner wrote. “Rebecca Chaiklin [director of Tiger King] said she wanted to ‘clear the air’ about what they did to me in Tiger King. I told her to lose my number. There is no explanation for such a ...
- 9/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Did you really think the story was over? Netflix isn’t leaving fans of their hit docuseries Tiger King hanging as the streamer unveiled Tiger King 2 will arrive sometime later this year. Around 18 months after the original series debuted on the platform and took streaming by storm, this new chapter is being teased in a video teaser that’s promoting several of Netflix’s upcoming true crime documentaries. After having attracted 64 million households in its first four weeks after the March 2020 premiere, Tiger King is gearing up for more madness and mayhem. (Credit: Netflix) In the brief clips featuring the next chapter, viewers get a peek at some familiar faces including Big Cat Rescue’s Carole Baskin, Jeff Lowe, and his wife Lauren who took ownership of The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, as well as Joe Exotic who is captured on camera from prison. Executive produced by directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin,...
- 9/23/2021
- TV Insider
Paws up, all you cool cats and kittens: Tiger King‘s return is nigh.
Netflix on Thursday announced that the long-rumored second season of the docuseries phenom will drop later this fall; the specific date is Tbd. (Get a first look at Season 2 above.)
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Netflix on Thursday announced that the long-rumored second season of the docuseries phenom will drop later this fall; the specific date is Tbd. (Get a first look at Season 2 above.)
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- 9/23/2021
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
It’s official: Another installment of “Tiger King,” the docuseries that captivated millions of Netflix users in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, is coming.
Netflix revealed on Thursday morning that the continuation, titled “Tiger King 2,” will premiere on the streamer later this year. The news came as Netflix announced its upcoming true crime slate, which includes four new docuseries and films set through early 2022.
“Tiger King 2” promises “more madness and mayhem,” according to the press release. Directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin are returning for the second installment, as well as executive producers Chris Smith and Fisher Stevens. Good and Chaiklin will also serve as executive producers.
Although it remains unclear exactly when in the timeline of events “Tiger King 2” will pick up, footage within Netflix’s announcement video for its true crime slate shows clips of Carole Baskin, Jeff Lowe and Joe Exotic phoning in from jail,...
Netflix revealed on Thursday morning that the continuation, titled “Tiger King 2,” will premiere on the streamer later this year. The news came as Netflix announced its upcoming true crime slate, which includes four new docuseries and films set through early 2022.
“Tiger King 2” promises “more madness and mayhem,” according to the press release. Directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin are returning for the second installment, as well as executive producers Chris Smith and Fisher Stevens. Good and Chaiklin will also serve as executive producers.
Although it remains unclear exactly when in the timeline of events “Tiger King 2” will pick up, footage within Netflix’s announcement video for its true crime slate shows clips of Carole Baskin, Jeff Lowe and Joe Exotic phoning in from jail,...
- 9/23/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
A Tiger King sequel is coming to Netflix this year as part of a new true crime line-up of documentaries to be released.
Although the streamer announced the project on Thursday, it is as yet unknown what the angle for Tiger King 2 will be. The first installment profiled wildcat owners with a focus on Joe Exotic (Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage), the former owner of the G.W. Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma who is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence for his crimes against his animals and his role in a murder for hire plot against his nemesis Carole Baskin.
Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin will re-team as directors and executive producers; Chris Smith and Fisher Stevens will also serve as EPs. It is being produced by A Goode Films Production in association with Library Films and Article 19 Films.
Goode and Chaiklin have remained connected with Exotic since he began serving his sentence.
Although the streamer announced the project on Thursday, it is as yet unknown what the angle for Tiger King 2 will be. The first installment profiled wildcat owners with a focus on Joe Exotic (Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage), the former owner of the G.W. Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma who is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence for his crimes against his animals and his role in a murder for hire plot against his nemesis Carole Baskin.
Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin will re-team as directors and executive producers; Chris Smith and Fisher Stevens will also serve as EPs. It is being produced by A Goode Films Production in association with Library Films and Article 19 Films.
Goode and Chaiklin have remained connected with Exotic since he began serving his sentence.
- 9/23/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Tiger King is ready to claw its way back into your living room. On Thursday, Sept. 23, Netflix announced five documentaries that will soon launch on the streaming platform. This includes—you guessed it—Tiger King 2, a continuation of the wildly popular project that proved to be purr-fect entertainment for viewers feeling a bit caged inside their homes at the start of the still-ongoing pandemic. Tiger King 2 hails from directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, who were also behind the first season that launched in March 2020 and was viewed by 64 million households during its first four weeks, according to Netflix. The real-life saga is also the inspiration for Peacock's upcoming...
- 9/23/2021
- E! Online
Will tabloid true-crime lightning strike twice? Netflix is about to find out, as the company announced Thursday that “Tiger King 2” is coming to the service sometime before the end of 2021.
It’s the first of five new true-crime docuseries heading to Netflix over the next year, which the company says will focus on “cons, scams and cautionary tales.”
The streamer was shy on specifics about “Tiger King 2,” though directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin are returning along with producers Chris Smith, Fisher Stevens, Goode and Chaiklin. The series will likely continue the wild tale of Joe Exotic — and his ultimately fruitless attempts to win a pardon from former President Donald Trump — and Carole Baskin, the rival private zookeeper whom Exotic was convicted or trying to have murdered.
The original “Tiger King” became an instant cultural sensation thanks in part to enormous good luck of timing: It dropped on March 20, 2020, just...
It’s the first of five new true-crime docuseries heading to Netflix over the next year, which the company says will focus on “cons, scams and cautionary tales.”
The streamer was shy on specifics about “Tiger King 2,” though directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin are returning along with producers Chris Smith, Fisher Stevens, Goode and Chaiklin. The series will likely continue the wild tale of Joe Exotic — and his ultimately fruitless attempts to win a pardon from former President Donald Trump — and Carole Baskin, the rival private zookeeper whom Exotic was convicted or trying to have murdered.
The original “Tiger King” became an instant cultural sensation thanks in part to enormous good luck of timing: It dropped on March 20, 2020, just...
- 9/23/2021
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
National Basketball Assn. legend Michael Jordan was not an easy sell on the docuseries The Last Dance. Producer Mike Tollin told a Producers Guild panel of Non-Scripted Television producers that the NBA had kept 500 hours of footage from Jordan’s final season,1997-1998, pending Jordan’s approval to release it.
Tollin said he had to pin Jordan down for a meeting, then finally convinced him by saying, “Every day, people come to my office wearing your shoes who’ve never seen you play. It’s time.”
When Tollin and director Jason Hehir interviewed Jordan, the athlete opened up about friction between teammates and associates outside of basketball. Tollin said episode seven of The Last Dance shows Jordan at his most vulnerable.
“He says, ‘All I wanted was to be the best basketball player I could be. All I ever asked of all of my teammates was no more than I asked of myself.
Tollin said he had to pin Jordan down for a meeting, then finally convinced him by saying, “Every day, people come to my office wearing your shoes who’ve never seen you play. It’s time.”
When Tollin and director Jason Hehir interviewed Jordan, the athlete opened up about friction between teammates and associates outside of basketball. Tollin said episode seven of The Last Dance shows Jordan at his most vulnerable.
“He says, ‘All I wanted was to be the best basketball player I could be. All I ever asked of all of my teammates was no more than I asked of myself.
- 3/20/2021
- by Fred Topel
- Deadline Film + TV
Apparently the power of Joe Exotic can be denied. “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” the controversial Netflix docuseries that centered on the big cat enthusiast, amateur zoo owner, singer, one-time presidential hopeful and now prison inmate, was shut out at the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
The biggest prize for which it was nominated was the documentary or nonfiction series Emmy, which was handed out on the final night of Creative Arts ceremonies, Saturday, Sept. 19. It lost that award to ESPN’s “The Last Dance.”
“Tiger King” was nominated for five other awards, all of which were handed out earlier in the week, and all of which went to other nominees. Those categories were documentary/nonfiction directing, nonfiction picture editing, documentary series or special music composition (original dramatic score), nonfiction or reality program sound editing (single or multi-camera), nonfiction or reality program sound mixing, and documentary or nonfiction series...
The biggest prize for which it was nominated was the documentary or nonfiction series Emmy, which was handed out on the final night of Creative Arts ceremonies, Saturday, Sept. 19. It lost that award to ESPN’s “The Last Dance.”
“Tiger King” was nominated for five other awards, all of which were handed out earlier in the week, and all of which went to other nominees. Those categories were documentary/nonfiction directing, nonfiction picture editing, documentary series or special music composition (original dramatic score), nonfiction or reality program sound editing (single or multi-camera), nonfiction or reality program sound mixing, and documentary or nonfiction series...
- 9/20/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
The Primetime Emmys take place on September 20 and air live coast-to-coast on ABC. But the majority of awards are handed out at the five Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies that take place in the week leading up to TV’s biggest night. The Creative Arts trophies will be awarded at five events on: September 14 (reality and nonfiction; Sept. 15 (variety); Sept. 16; Sept. 17 and Sept. 19 (mix). The first four of these will stream live on Emmys.com while the last will air on Fxx.
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has forced TV productions, film shoots and entertainment events to shut down all year to slow the spread of the easily transmitted disease, all of this year’s Emmy ceremonies will be held virtually. While Jimmy Kimmel emcees just one show — the Emmys next Sunday — Best Reality Host nominee Nicole Byer (“Nailed It”) has been tapped to preside over all five of the Creative Arts awards.
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has forced TV productions, film shoots and entertainment events to shut down all year to slow the spread of the easily transmitted disease, all of this year’s Emmy ceremonies will be held virtually. While Jimmy Kimmel emcees just one show — the Emmys next Sunday — Best Reality Host nominee Nicole Byer (“Nailed It”) has been tapped to preside over all five of the Creative Arts awards.
- 9/20/2020
- by Paul Sheehan, Marcus James Dixon, Joyce Eng, Daniel Montgomery and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
If you were watching Monday’s live stream of the 2020 Creative Arts Emmys (and we were — watch our reactions here), then you definitely heard the name “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” a lot. But not when it came to the winners. Indeed, Netflix’s behemoth docu-series lost five Emmys at the virtual ceremony: directing, music composition, picture editing, sound editing and sound mixing. However, there’s still hope on the horizon as the big prize — Best Documentary or Nonfiction Series — doesn’t get handed out until Saturday, September 19.
See‘Tiger King’ directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin give update on possible Season 2 [Exclusive Video Interview]
During Saturday’s upcoming ceremony, “Tiger King” will face off against ESPN’s “The Last Dance,” Hulu’s “Hillary,” PBS’s “American Masters” and HBO’s “McMillion$.” None of these contenders took home any Emmys on Monday night, so it’s an even playing field heading into...
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During Saturday’s upcoming ceremony, “Tiger King” will face off against ESPN’s “The Last Dance,” Hulu’s “Hillary,” PBS’s “American Masters” and HBO’s “McMillion$.” None of these contenders took home any Emmys on Monday night, so it’s an even playing field heading into...
- 9/15/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“We’re exploring the idea,” says Rebecca Chaiklin about possibly continuing her documentary miniseries “Tiger King” with a second season on Netflix. She explains, “It would be a continuation of the story if we were to conclude that there was enough to film.” With “Tiger King” nominated for six Emmys, Chaiklin and her creative partner Eric Goode discussed the making of the show in an exclusive interview with Gold Derby (watch the video above), with Chaiklin joining the call from a moving vehicle and Goode speaking from his Turtle Conservatory headquarters. Chaiklin and Goode are nominated in Best Documentary Directing for the series’ second episode; they also contend through their executive producer credits with Fisher Stevens in the Best Documentary Series race, for which they have submitted the fifth episode for academy consideration.
SEEour chat with “Tiger King” sound editor Ian Cymore.
Goode says about wrestling with the ethics of...
SEEour chat with “Tiger King” sound editor Ian Cymore.
Goode says about wrestling with the ethics of...
- 8/22/2020
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
When directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin began collaborating on a documentary series about the strange world of exotic animal breeders, they thought it might generate modest attention.
“We were certainly fascinated by it,” Chaiklin recalls. “But we sort of thought it was our own little story that maybe a few people would be interested in.”
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness wound up attracting not just a “few people”, but a stampede after it dropped on Netflix in March. And when the Emmy nominations were announced, Tiger King snared half a dozen of them, the most of any documentary.
‘Tiger King’ Zoo Permanently Closed; Jeff Lowe Says New Park Will Be Private Set For TV Content
Netflix earned a record 160 Emmy nominations in all, a tidy number coming in documentary categories, where it lapped the field: Traditional documentary powerhouse HBO scored eight nonfiction nominations, fewer than half of what Netflix collected.
“We were certainly fascinated by it,” Chaiklin recalls. “But we sort of thought it was our own little story that maybe a few people would be interested in.”
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness wound up attracting not just a “few people”, but a stampede after it dropped on Netflix in March. And when the Emmy nominations were announced, Tiger King snared half a dozen of them, the most of any documentary.
‘Tiger King’ Zoo Permanently Closed; Jeff Lowe Says New Park Will Be Private Set For TV Content
Netflix earned a record 160 Emmy nominations in all, a tidy number coming in documentary categories, where it lapped the field: Traditional documentary powerhouse HBO scored eight nonfiction nominations, fewer than half of what Netflix collected.
- 8/19/2020
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Inclusion and parity are all the rage right now — a process that has been long in coming and is far from over — but creating an equal environment among colleagues in the entertainment industry isn’t as easy as it might seem. That includes the Emmy candidates for directing and writing. Actors are traditionally divided by gender, but not so with the other categories.
As Frank Scherma, chairman and CEO of the television academy, remarked before host Leslie Jones kicked off the virtual socially-distanced reading of the nominees, “This year we are also bearing witness to one of the greatest fights for social justice in history, and it is our duty to use this medium for change. That is the power and responsibility of television — not only delivering a multitude of services or a little escapism, but also amplifying the voices that must be heard and telling the stories that must be told.
As Frank Scherma, chairman and CEO of the television academy, remarked before host Leslie Jones kicked off the virtual socially-distanced reading of the nominees, “This year we are also bearing witness to one of the greatest fights for social justice in history, and it is our duty to use this medium for change. That is the power and responsibility of television — not only delivering a multitude of services or a little escapism, but also amplifying the voices that must be heard and telling the stories that must be told.
- 8/6/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Women landed one third of all the Primetime Emmy nominations in the seven directing categories, a record high for the Television Academy.
In total, 16 women were recognized this year out of 48 total directing nominations — a big jump from last year, when nine out of 49 directing nominees (just over 18%) were women. And this year, a woman was nominated in every single directing category, after two straight years of no female directors getting a nod for a reality series and one year without a woman picking up a nom for a variety series.
Before this year, female directors had the highest representation in 2013, when eight of the 33 nominees — or 24% — were women. That was when there were still just six directing categories, as reality series had not been added to the list at that time.
In the writing categories, women landed 33 nominations out of a total of 120 nominees, or 27.5%. That’s a slight...
In total, 16 women were recognized this year out of 48 total directing nominations — a big jump from last year, when nine out of 49 directing nominees (just over 18%) were women. And this year, a woman was nominated in every single directing category, after two straight years of no female directors getting a nod for a reality series and one year without a woman picking up a nom for a variety series.
Before this year, female directors had the highest representation in 2013, when eight of the 33 nominees — or 24% — were women. That was when there were still just six directing categories, as reality series had not been added to the list at that time.
In the writing categories, women landed 33 nominations out of a total of 120 nominees, or 27.5%. That’s a slight...
- 7/28/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
The almost first female Potus is in the game, but the playoff in the Emmy docuseries category looks to be a battle between Joe Exotic and Michael Jordan.
Facing Hulu’s Hillary, PBS’ venerable American Masters and HBO’s McMillion$, the very well watched Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness and The Last Dance snagged six and three nominations respectively from the TV Academy this morning.
With directing, picture editing, sound editing, music composition, sound mixing as well as Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series nods, the salacious Netflix series that everyone was watching and talking about in the early days of the Covid-19 lockdown may appear on paper to have roared away with the genre. However, with big league doc series, picture editing and directing nominations, ESPN’s 10-part deep dive into the basketball legend’s career and last championship season at the Chicago Bulls may prove the winner on sheer star power and prestige.
Facing Hulu’s Hillary, PBS’ venerable American Masters and HBO’s McMillion$, the very well watched Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness and The Last Dance snagged six and three nominations respectively from the TV Academy this morning.
With directing, picture editing, sound editing, music composition, sound mixing as well as Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series nods, the salacious Netflix series that everyone was watching and talking about in the early days of the Covid-19 lockdown may appear on paper to have roared away with the genre. However, with big league doc series, picture editing and directing nominations, ESPN’s 10-part deep dive into the basketball legend’s career and last championship season at the Chicago Bulls may prove the winner on sheer star power and prestige.
- 7/28/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Long before Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin became household names, before Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness turned into one of the most successful documentary series of all time, directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin embarked on something they little suspected would become a cultural mega-hit.
“We sort of thought it was our own little story that maybe a few people would be interested in, and we were certainly fascinated by it,” Chaiklin recalls. “But we never in a million years expected it to be received the way that it was.”
Tiger King is part true-crime story, part bizarre slice of Americana involving eccentric people who raise big cats in private sanctuaries. The tale was strange enough to begin with but only got more so as filming progressed, culminating in the arrest and conviction of Joe Exotic for allegedly hiring a hit man to bump off Baskin, Joe’s sworn...
“We sort of thought it was our own little story that maybe a few people would be interested in, and we were certainly fascinated by it,” Chaiklin recalls. “But we never in a million years expected it to be received the way that it was.”
Tiger King is part true-crime story, part bizarre slice of Americana involving eccentric people who raise big cats in private sanctuaries. The tale was strange enough to begin with but only got more so as filming progressed, culminating in the arrest and conviction of Joe Exotic for allegedly hiring a hit man to bump off Baskin, Joe’s sworn...
- 6/11/2020
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
This story about “Tiger King” first appeared in the “Race Begins” issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. It is one in a series of conversations about the effects of the coronavirus on the TV industry.
In the first month of isolation and social distancing, there’s no question which television series dominated social media conversation. Directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin’s “Tiger King,” the Wtf saga of a feuding group of private zoo owners, launched more memes, dropped more jaws and prompted more binges than any other bit of pandemic entertainment. The Netflix docuseries even led to a reporter asking President Donald Trump if he would pardon the mulleted central figure, Joe Exotic.
Obviously, you wouldn’t have spent years making “Tiger King” if you didn’t think it would be of interest to people. But could you ever have anticipated the sensation it became?
Rebecca Chaiklin No, I don’t think so.
In the first month of isolation and social distancing, there’s no question which television series dominated social media conversation. Directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin’s “Tiger King,” the Wtf saga of a feuding group of private zoo owners, launched more memes, dropped more jaws and prompted more binges than any other bit of pandemic entertainment. The Netflix docuseries even led to a reporter asking President Donald Trump if he would pardon the mulleted central figure, Joe Exotic.
Obviously, you wouldn’t have spent years making “Tiger King” if you didn’t think it would be of interest to people. But could you ever have anticipated the sensation it became?
Rebecca Chaiklin No, I don’t think so.
- 6/10/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“Tiger King” is no longer the king of Netflix’s Top 10 titles list. On Friday, the Joe Exotic docuseries had its 25-day streak at No. 1 on the streaming service’s daily rankings of all its available movies and TV shows in the U.S. snapped by “Despicable Me.”
While “Tiger King” has now given up its throne to the Minions, the show was only bumped down to second place among overall titles and still holds its No. 1 slot on Netflix’s Top 10 TV series list.
The true-crime docuseries by Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin holds the record for the longest streak atop the streaming service’s overall shows and movies list, having been sitting there since March 23 — three days after it launched. “The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez” comes in second with six straight days as Netflix’s most-watched title, followed by “Love Is Blind” and “Spenser Confidential,” which were both...
While “Tiger King” has now given up its throne to the Minions, the show was only bumped down to second place among overall titles and still holds its No. 1 slot on Netflix’s Top 10 TV series list.
The true-crime docuseries by Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin holds the record for the longest streak atop the streaming service’s overall shows and movies list, having been sitting there since March 23 — three days after it launched. “The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez” comes in second with six straight days as Netflix’s most-watched title, followed by “Love Is Blind” and “Spenser Confidential,” which were both...
- 4/17/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
“Tiger King” director Eric Goode owns several New York hotels and restaurants that have all had to shut their doors amid the coronavirus pandemic, putting many of his employees out of work. Now, some of them are asking for his help.
Goode, who directed and executive produced Netflix’s smash-hit docuseries “Tiger King” along with Rebecca Chaiklin, owns the Bowery Hotel, the Jane Hotel, the Waverly Inn, and a number of restaurants including one well-established NoHo eatery called B Bar and Grill.
Buzzfeed News conducted interviews with some of Goode’s former B Bar staffers who were laid off from the restaurant when the pandemic hit. Many say that they have pleaded with Goode to help those who have fallen on hard times, but that their requests seem to have fallen on deaf ears.
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Goode, who directed and executive produced Netflix’s smash-hit docuseries “Tiger King” along with Rebecca Chaiklin, owns the Bowery Hotel, the Jane Hotel, the Waverly Inn, and a number of restaurants including one well-established NoHo eatery called B Bar and Grill.
Buzzfeed News conducted interviews with some of Goode’s former B Bar staffers who were laid off from the restaurant when the pandemic hit. Many say that they have pleaded with Goode to help those who have fallen on hard times, but that their requests seem to have fallen on deaf ears.
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- 4/16/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
In one of her first big interviews since the release of Netflix’s “Tiger King,” Big Cat Rescue owner Carole Baskin tells the Tampa Bay Times she is angry with the Netflix series’ directors for allegedly betraying her and with viewers for missing the entire point of the show. “Tiger King” tracks the rivalry between Baskin and Joe Exotic, a big cat purveyor from Oklahoma who is now in jail for conspiring to murder Baskin. Joe Exotic alleges Baskin killed her ex-husband and fed him to her tigers. The disappearance of Baskin’s ex-husband has become such a breakout talking point from the series that Florida police have reopened the investigation into the matter.
“I just feel so angry that people have totally missed the point,” Baskin said to the Times. “And the point is these cubs are being abused and exploited and the public is enabling that.”
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“I just feel so angry that people have totally missed the point,” Baskin said to the Times. “And the point is these cubs are being abused and exploited and the public is enabling that.”
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- 4/13/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Documentaries rarely get a chance at damage control. Unless a film or series gets the rare chance for a followup to address concerns of the viewing public, the work usually exists on its own in all its imperfection.
Sensing both an opening and an appetite, Netflix dropped a new episode on Sunday to stoke the show’s popularity while pointing its steady flames in a slightly different direction. Using Netflix vet Joel McHale as a vehicle, this talkback session takes nearly every wrong lesson from the phenomenon built around the series and few from what made “Tiger King” worthy of attention in the first place. It gamifies a human story by adding a sarcastic, reality-show veneer onto an exercise that’s only ever insightful by accident.
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Whether he did...
Sensing both an opening and an appetite, Netflix dropped a new episode on Sunday to stoke the show’s popularity while pointing its steady flames in a slightly different direction. Using Netflix vet Joel McHale as a vehicle, this talkback session takes nearly every wrong lesson from the phenomenon built around the series and few from what made “Tiger King” worthy of attention in the first place. It gamifies a human story by adding a sarcastic, reality-show veneer onto an exercise that’s only ever insightful by accident.
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Whether he did...
- 4/12/2020
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
In its last 10 minutes, after almost seven hours of salacious rumor-mongering and shameless gawking at misfortune, “Tiger King” makes a fleeting attempt at imparting a noble message. “Nobody wins,” says former animal keeper Saff, who lost an arm while tending to a tiger before returning to work less than a week later. “Everyone involved is a so-called animal advocate, [but] not a single animal benefited from this war.” The music starts to swell as footage of happier times and galloping tigers goes into slow motion. “We’ve lost sight of what really matters here,” insists Joshua Dial, former campaign manager for Joe Exotic’s presidential run. “And that’s the conservation and protection of the species of this planet.”
That sentiment is all fine and good — but it has no basis in the reality of “Tiger King,” a messy and opportunistic docuseries that’s highlighted the worst of what true crime can be and do.
That sentiment is all fine and good — but it has no basis in the reality of “Tiger King,” a messy and opportunistic docuseries that’s highlighted the worst of what true crime can be and do.
- 4/10/2020
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix announced Thursday that a “Tiger King” after-show hosted by Joel McHale will premiere on Sunday.
The show’s Jeff Lowe, who took over the Oklahoma exotic animal zoo from Joe Exotic, had recently hinted that a new episode would be coming this week. The teaser for the eighth installment features McHale wearing a cowboy hat and promising that he talked to several of the show’s subjects about what’s been happening in their lives.
Among the show’s subjects appearing in the new episode are Joe Exotic’s ex-husband John Finlay, Saff, reality show producer Rick Kirkman and Lowe and his wife Lauren — but notably not Carole Baskin or Joe Maldonado-Passage, aka Joe Exotic, who is currently in a prison medical facility in Texas.
However Joe Exotic did give Netflix an update from prison recently, explaining, “I’m done with the Carole Baskin saga.”
The Tiger King and...
The show’s Jeff Lowe, who took over the Oklahoma exotic animal zoo from Joe Exotic, had recently hinted that a new episode would be coming this week. The teaser for the eighth installment features McHale wearing a cowboy hat and promising that he talked to several of the show’s subjects about what’s been happening in their lives.
Among the show’s subjects appearing in the new episode are Joe Exotic’s ex-husband John Finlay, Saff, reality show producer Rick Kirkman and Lowe and his wife Lauren — but notably not Carole Baskin or Joe Maldonado-Passage, aka Joe Exotic, who is currently in a prison medical facility in Texas.
However Joe Exotic did give Netflix an update from prison recently, explaining, “I’m done with the Carole Baskin saga.”
The Tiger King and...
- 4/9/2020
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
“Tiger King” has clawed its way into the national psyche to become one of Netflix’s biggest-ever original shows.
The docuseries reached a U.S. TV audience of 34.3 unique viewers within the first 10 days of its release (March 20-29), according to Nielsen estimates. That topped season 2 of Netflix hit “Stranger Things,” which had 31.2 million unique viewers in its first 10 days, and was within shouting distance of “Stranger Things 3,” which drew 36.3 million over the comparable 10-day span, the measurement firm said.
On an average per-minute basis, “Tiger King” pulled in an audience of 19.0 million among U.S. viewers from March 20-29, Nielsen reported. That also was higher than “Stranger Things 2” (17.5 million) and nearly matched “Stranger Things 3” (20.5 million).
“Tiger King” has become an undeniable phenomenon, in a seven-episode limited series that weaves a bizarre tale of conflict and crime set in the world of big-cat breeders and private zoos.
The docuseries reached a U.S. TV audience of 34.3 unique viewers within the first 10 days of its release (March 20-29), according to Nielsen estimates. That topped season 2 of Netflix hit “Stranger Things,” which had 31.2 million unique viewers in its first 10 days, and was within shouting distance of “Stranger Things 3,” which drew 36.3 million over the comparable 10-day span, the measurement firm said.
On an average per-minute basis, “Tiger King” pulled in an audience of 19.0 million among U.S. viewers from March 20-29, Nielsen reported. That also was higher than “Stranger Things 2” (17.5 million) and nearly matched “Stranger Things 3” (20.5 million).
“Tiger King” has become an undeniable phenomenon, in a seven-episode limited series that weaves a bizarre tale of conflict and crime set in the world of big-cat breeders and private zoos.
- 4/8/2020
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Carole Baskin, the big-cat activist who is the target of the murder-for-hire plot in Netflix’s “Tiger King,” says she has not been asked to appear in the upcoming bonus episode of the docuseries that Jeff Lowe says is coming — and wouldn’t have joined in even if she was.
“We have not been approached about a new episode and would not participate if asked,” a spokesperson for Baskin told TheWrap in a statement Tuesday.
“Tiger King” follows (and the title refers to) Joe Exotic, the owner of a big-cat zoo in Oklahoma. Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was found to be guilty of hiring a hitman to kill Baskin, a rival of his in the animal world. He’s serving a multi-decade prison sentence for that and for animal rights crimes.
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“We have not been approached about a new episode and would not participate if asked,” a spokesperson for Baskin told TheWrap in a statement Tuesday.
“Tiger King” follows (and the title refers to) Joe Exotic, the owner of a big-cat zoo in Oklahoma. Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was found to be guilty of hiring a hitman to kill Baskin, a rival of his in the animal world. He’s serving a multi-decade prison sentence for that and for animal rights crimes.
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- 4/7/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
A new episode of the Netflix docuseries sensation, Tiger King, is coming very soon. At least, that’s what one of the stars of the show is saying.
Jeff Lowe, who takes over Joe Exotic’s big cat park halfway through the series, made the announcement via Twitter on Saturday. The video was posted (randomly) by Los Angeles Dodgers player Justin Turner, who’s a fan of the show.
“Netflix is adding one more episode,” said Lowe in the clip. “It will be on next week. We’re filming here tomorrow.”
So our friend @christie_dish listened to the podcast, @HoldingKourt and after last weeks episode decided to send us this!!!
Breaking News Folks
There will be 1 more episode of #TigerKing on@Netflix pic.twitter.com/YeRSIlDKTJ
— Justin Turner (@redturn2) April 4, 2020
There are two kinds of characters on Tiger King, colorful and mysterious. Lowe certainly falls into the latter and...
Jeff Lowe, who takes over Joe Exotic’s big cat park halfway through the series, made the announcement via Twitter on Saturday. The video was posted (randomly) by Los Angeles Dodgers player Justin Turner, who’s a fan of the show.
“Netflix is adding one more episode,” said Lowe in the clip. “It will be on next week. We’re filming here tomorrow.”
So our friend @christie_dish listened to the podcast, @HoldingKourt and after last weeks episode decided to send us this!!!
Breaking News Folks
There will be 1 more episode of #TigerKing on@Netflix pic.twitter.com/YeRSIlDKTJ
— Justin Turner (@redturn2) April 4, 2020
There are two kinds of characters on Tiger King, colorful and mysterious. Lowe certainly falls into the latter and...
- 4/4/2020
- by Ryan Beltram
- We Got This Covered
John Finlay has his sights set on a couple of A-list actors to portray him in an eventual biopic.
The real-life subject featured in Netflix‘s popular docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness tells People that he’d want Channing Tatum to play him in a scripted adaptation of his life story.
“He’s always had a special place in my heart,” Finlay says of Tatum, 39, sharing a sweet personal connection to the star. “He did a shout-out to my distant cousin; she died of stage-four brain cancer. When he did his shout-out, he did it because it was on her bucket list.
The real-life subject featured in Netflix‘s popular docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness tells People that he’d want Channing Tatum to play him in a scripted adaptation of his life story.
“He’s always had a special place in my heart,” Finlay says of Tatum, 39, sharing a sweet personal connection to the star. “He did a shout-out to my distant cousin; she died of stage-four brain cancer. When he did his shout-out, he did it because it was on her bucket list.
- 4/4/2020
- by Christine Pelisek, Benjamin VanHoose
- PEOPLE.com
Some of the most interesting documentaries are ones that start out as one thing and quickly divulge into something else by the end. The filmmakers behind Tiger King no doubt intended to make a docuseries about rival big cat sanctuaries and what they’re doing to help these animals from becoming extinct.
Instead, though, we got a bat-sh*t crazy story about everything from polygamy and cults to missing persons and a murder-for-hire. And the people within this world are so strange and unique that by the end we’re no longer thinking about the animals, but the ones exploiting them for profit. It’s certainly a weakness of the series, but that’s not stopping the creators from thinking about making a sequel.
In fact, producers Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin say they have so much more content available and that because this is an on-going story, another outing might be worth doing.
Instead, though, we got a bat-sh*t crazy story about everything from polygamy and cults to missing persons and a murder-for-hire. And the people within this world are so strange and unique that by the end we’re no longer thinking about the animals, but the ones exploiting them for profit. It’s certainly a weakness of the series, but that’s not stopping the creators from thinking about making a sequel.
In fact, producers Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin say they have so much more content available and that because this is an on-going story, another outing might be worth doing.
- 4/3/2020
- by Ryan Beltram
- We Got This Covered
Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness has shined a spotlight on animal rights violations through the lens of Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka "Joe Exotic." But the docuseries from directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin doesn't tell the full story, according to some featured in the series.
Case in point: Brittany Peet, a PETA Foundation lawyer who testified at Maldonado-Passage's trial and rescued nearly 50 animals from his custody. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Peet says the audience reaction to Joe Exotic specifically and the Netflix doc at large "has been all over ...
Case in point: Brittany Peet, a PETA Foundation lawyer who testified at Maldonado-Passage's trial and rescued nearly 50 animals from his custody. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Peet says the audience reaction to Joe Exotic specifically and the Netflix doc at large "has been all over ...
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness has managed to wrangle the proverbial big cats of a quarantine-caged Netflix audience. As the documentary series continues its pop culture dominance, discussions have shifted to prospective actors to play the enthrallingly eccentric cast of characters on the big screen— at least, for an idyllic time when the coronavirus has mostly dissipated, and we can go back to watching stuff on the big screen. Well, the titular Tiger King, Joe Exotic, apparently has his own ideas.
Co-directors of the Netflix phenomenon, Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode, recently sat down—via phone—for a THR interview in which it is revealed that the show’s central figure, Joseph Schreibvogel, a.k.a. Joseph Maldonado-Passage, a.k.a. Joe Exotic, is apparently doing a bit a dream-casting from his prison cell. While his incarceration has mostly insulated him from the impact of the series, which he has yet to watch,...
Co-directors of the Netflix phenomenon, Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode, recently sat down—via phone—for a THR interview in which it is revealed that the show’s central figure, Joseph Schreibvogel, a.k.a. Joseph Maldonado-Passage, a.k.a. Joe Exotic, is apparently doing a bit a dream-casting from his prison cell. While his incarceration has mostly insulated him from the impact of the series, which he has yet to watch,...
- 4/2/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
Yes, the world is enraptured by Joe Exotic, one of the subjects of Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. But is the empathy misplaced? The now-imprisoned star of the Netflix documentary series has become the subject of many celebrity tweets, memes and the talk of, well, the internet. Joe Exotic is one of the big cat owners and former private zoo operator profiled in Tiger King. He's in prison now for charges in an attempted murder-for-hire plot targeting Carole Baskin, an animal activist and owner of a big cat sanctuary. While some subjects of the documentary series, like Baskin, haven't been pleased with the series, according to filmmakers Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, Joe Exotic has been loving the...
- 4/2/2020
- E! Online
Sylvester Stallone and his family are taking a walk on the wild side.
While social distancing at home due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Stallone, 73, joined his wife and three daughters to dress up as the subjects of Tiger King, Netflix’s hit true crime documentary series about the life of Joe Exotic and his former Oklahoma animal park.
Stallone shared pictures and videos from the family’s hilarious costume event, in which he dressed as Jeff Lowe, while wife Jennifer Flavin as Carole Baskin, daughter Sophia as Exotic, Sistine as Exotic’s husband John Finlay and Scarlet dressed as head zookeeper Erik Cowie.
While social distancing at home due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Stallone, 73, joined his wife and three daughters to dress up as the subjects of Tiger King, Netflix’s hit true crime documentary series about the life of Joe Exotic and his former Oklahoma animal park.
Stallone shared pictures and videos from the family’s hilarious costume event, in which he dressed as Jeff Lowe, while wife Jennifer Flavin as Carole Baskin, daughter Sophia as Exotic, Sistine as Exotic’s husband John Finlay and Scarlet dressed as head zookeeper Erik Cowie.
- 4/2/2020
- by Nicholas Rice
- PEOPLE.com
Attention casting directors — Joe Exotic has spoken!
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, the filmmakers behind the wild Netflix docuseries Tiger King, revealed that disgraced zookeeper Joseph Maldonado-Passage (aka Joe Exotic) wants either Brad Pitt or David Spade to portray him in a scripted take on his life story.
But not just any David Spade. Maldonado-Passage, 57, specifically requested circa-2001-Joe-Dirt David Spade, mullet and all.
“He would like Brad Pitt or David Spade to play him,” said Chaiklin, adding, “He doesn’t refer to David Spade as David Spade — he refers to him as ‘Joe Dirt.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, the filmmakers behind the wild Netflix docuseries Tiger King, revealed that disgraced zookeeper Joseph Maldonado-Passage (aka Joe Exotic) wants either Brad Pitt or David Spade to portray him in a scripted take on his life story.
But not just any David Spade. Maldonado-Passage, 57, specifically requested circa-2001-Joe-Dirt David Spade, mullet and all.
“He would like Brad Pitt or David Spade to play him,” said Chaiklin, adding, “He doesn’t refer to David Spade as David Spade — he refers to him as ‘Joe Dirt.
- 4/2/2020
- by Benjamin VanHoose
- PEOPLE.com
Star of the Netflix true-crime documentary shares his casting preferences, though the only actor so far attached to a project is Kate McKinnon
Warning: this story contains spoilers for Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness
Joe Exotic, the central figure in the hit Netflix true-crime series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, has named Brad Pitt or David Spade as his preferred actors to play him in any future film adaptation.
Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, one of the series’ directors, Rebecca Chaiklin, said that Exotic (Aka Joseph Maldonado-Passage), who is currently serving a 22-year sentence in a Texas prison for attempting murder for hire, suggested the pair – though he referred to Spade as “Joe Dirt”, his character from the 2001 comedy described by the late critic Roger Ebert as a “low-rent Forrest Gump”.
Warning: this story contains spoilers for Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness
Joe Exotic, the central figure in the hit Netflix true-crime series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, has named Brad Pitt or David Spade as his preferred actors to play him in any future film adaptation.
Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, one of the series’ directors, Rebecca Chaiklin, said that Exotic (Aka Joseph Maldonado-Passage), who is currently serving a 22-year sentence in a Texas prison for attempting murder for hire, suggested the pair – though he referred to Spade as “Joe Dirt”, his character from the 2001 comedy described by the late critic Roger Ebert as a “low-rent Forrest Gump”.
- 4/2/2020
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
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