Nicolas Cage, who was recently cast as Joe Exotic in Kate McKinnon’s Joe Exotic-Carole Baskin Series, from NBCUniversal, is set to star in and executive produce a series in development at Amazon based on Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer’s book Highfire.
Per THR, Cage will voice the lead character, which is a “vodka-swilling, TV-loving dragon who lives in seclusion in the Louisiana bayou.”
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Highfire is “set in a world where dragons once ruled the earth, and Lord Highfire ruled the dragons. Now, however, all Highfire rules is his shack in Honey Island Swamp. He now goes by ‘Vern’ and spends his days hiding out among the alligators, watching cable TV and drinking obscene amounts of vodka. Vern’s world soon collides with that of Squib, a teenager mixed up in running booze for the local mob, and their mutual struggle for survival becomes entangled in a most unlikely friendship.”
The book is being adapted to series by Davey Holmes (Shameless, Get Shorty TV Series), who will also executive produce.
Back in January, Cage starred in Richard Stanley’s Color Out of Space, based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story. Our review said that Cage’s “deliriously big performance” anchored a “delightful surprise” of a movie.
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Source: IGN.com Nicolas Cage to Voice Hard-Drinking Southern Swamp Dragon