Deadline is reporting that William Fichtner has signed on to play Rick Kirkham, opposite Kate McKinnon and John Cameron Mitchell in the Joe Exotic limited series for Peacock. The show will center on the life and series of true crimes based on Netflix's Tiger King documentary.

　　Kirkham will play Joe's (Mitchell) reality show producer and friend. Dennis Quaid was originally in the role, and already listed on imdb, but had to exit the project due to a scheduling issue. Netflix's documentary about Exotic, real name Joe Schreibvogel, aptly called Tiger King hit right around the time of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and became an instant hit, even spinning off into a podcast series that dove deeper into both Exotic and Carole Baskin's past.

　　Interestingly enough, this is not the only retelling of the Tiger King story in development. Oscar winner and one of the most eclectic actors ever, Nic Cage, has signed on to do his own TV show for Amazon, starring as the titular Exotic.

　　If you're not familiar with the story, you can check out our extensive coverage from going through the complete cast of people of this crazy story to how the show even gave the sheriff's department a new lead into Baskin's husband's disappearance.

　　Fichtner joins Brian Van Holt as John Reinke, Nat Wolff as Travis Maldonado, Sam Keeley as John Finlay, Lex Mayson as Saff, Dean Winters as Jeff Lowe, and Joel Marsh Garland as James Garretson.

　　There is no premiere date for either McKinnon's or Cage's Tiger King shows.