Netflix’s true-crime series Tiger King is the hottest show on TV at the moment so it should come as no surprise that more content about its oddball characters is in the works. But what might surprise you is that the new show won’t be on Netflix.
Investigation Discovery announced Monday that they have greenlit a new series, Investigating the Strange World of Joe Exotic, that will explore the show’s other most notorious figure, Carole Baskin, along with the other colorful characters that populated Tiger King – Doc Antle and Jeff Lowe.
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According to the press release, Investigating the Strange World of Joe Exotic promises to document “the investigation you didn’t get to see, revealing the secrets only Joe knows, the exclusive footage that has never been shown, and the search to answer the one question every person in America is asking themselves right now: although she’s denied it, is Carole Baskin responsible for the disappearance of her husband, Don Lewis?”
The show will also explore, according to ID’s official announcement, “What skeletons is Joe still hiding within his untold past? Is his conviction truly justified? Who is Jeff Lowe and what does the FBI really know? What secrets lie hidden within Doc Antle’s walls?”
ID describes the show as a “definitive sequel,” but it must be noted that as of now the only person from Netflix’s Tiger King who is officially involved is the Tiger King himself, the currently incarcerated Joseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage, and Tiger King filmmakers Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin aren’t associated with the project. Theresa McKeown and Colin Whelan will executive produce Investigating the Strange World of Joe Exotic, with Rebecca Sirmons as co-executive producer.
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Lowe also reportedly revealed that a new episode of Tiger King will be coming to Netflix this week, but Netflix has yet to confirm the news.
“Viewers are understandably riveted by Netflix’s Tiger King, but the millions of true crime fans around the world were left wanting more,” said Henry Schleiff, Group President ID, Travel Channel, American Heroes Channel, and Destination America.
“ID is the perfect place to find the inevitable sequel to this drama – featuring a missing husband, a hit man, and the illegal business of exotic animals. It’s time to let the cat out of the bag and address the lingering questions that viewers demand be answered.”
Tiger King documented the vicious rivalry between big cat enthusiasts Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin, with the former making it his personal crusade to destroy Baskin (ultimately becoming convicted in a plot to try to murder her). Exotic repeatedly resurfaced rumors that Baskin murdered her husband Don Lewis, whose disappearance has never been solved.
After Tiger King debuted, a Florida sheriff made a plea for new leads in the 1997 cold case of Lewis’ disappearance. Baskin still operates her Big Cat Rescue out of Tampa, Florida.
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For more on Tiger King, find out who Joe Exotic wants to see play him, how Jared Leto paid homage to Joe Exotic, and, of course, read our spoiler-free review.
Source: IGN.com Tiger King 'Sequel' Series Investigating Carole Baskin Has Been Greenlit