{"id":204435,"date":"2021-03-17T17:37:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/louis-theroux-to-revisit-joe-exotic-in-new-documentary-for-the-bbc\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T17:37:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:37:15","slug":"louis-theroux-to-revisit-joe-exotic-in-new-documentary-for-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/louis-theroux-to-revisit-joe-exotic-in-new-documentary-for-the-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"#Louis Theroux to Revisit Joe Exotic in New Documentary for the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Louis Theroux to Revisit Joe Exotic in New Documentary for the BBC<\/strong>”
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If you can\u2019t get enough of Joseph Maldonado-Passage, a.k.a. Joe Exotic, the \u201cTiger King,\u201d there may be another program to add to your must-watch list.<\/p>\n

BBC Two has commissioned a new feature-length special, with the working title Louis Theroux: The Cult of Joe Exotic<\/em>, from the award-winning filmmaker. Theroux will be returning to America for the firsts since 2019 as he revisits one of his most provocative subjects. The doc will be distributed internationally by BBC Studios, but there\u2019s no word yet as to where those in the United States will be able to find it.<\/p>\n

Theroux met Joe when he was making his documentary, America\u2019s Most Dangerous Pets<\/em>, 10 years ago. This new doc, which will include hours of unseen footage from that previous one, takes him back to Oklahoma; Joe is now in prison after being found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot and multiple animal cruelty charges. He has since become a media<\/a> phenomenon (many watched Tiger King<\/em><\/a> on Netflix in 2020) and has a well-funded campaign team seeking to get him a presidential pardon.<\/p>\n

\u201cLouis sets out to understand who the real Joe Exotic is,\u201d BBC says of the new special. \u201cAs he tries to investigate what has happ<\/a>ened in the intervening years, he meets old friends from his original documentary, the team trying to get him out of prison and those closest to Joe who have never spoken before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of those quintessentially American stories, taking place in the heartland of Oklahoma, with a cast of characters almost too colourful and larger-than-life to be believed,\u201d Theroux said in a statement. \u201cI spent eight or nine days filming at the park back in 2011, over the course of three separate visits. I\u2019d forgotten how much we shot until I went back into the footage during lockdown. It\u2019s extraordinary how much was there. Since then the story just got stranger and bigger, and in going back at the end of last year I uncovered a real-life drama that took me in directions I never could have expected.\u201d<\/p>\n