Louis Theroux has announced he’s doing a new Tiger King documentary

Louis Theroux has announced a new documentary on the Tiger King and we can’t wait.

The former zoo operator and convicted felon has taken over pop culture in the last 12 months, we’ve binge-watched the show and dressed up as the man himself (including a full-on makeup transformation) so it’s safe to say we’re invested.

Luckily, everyone’s favourite documentary maker Louis Theroux has announced his next project – and the first since 2019 – he is returning to America in ‘Louis Theroux: The Cult of Joe Exotic’.

The feature-length documentary will reunite Joe and Louis ten years after their first meeting.

The duo first met in Louis’ documentary ‘America’s Most Dangerous Pets‘, which Louis will look back on and reflect on unseen footage as he tries to fully understand who Joe Exotic really is.

‘Louis Theroux: The Cult of Joe Exotic’ will try to investigate what has happened in the years since they first met, meeting friends from the original documentary and the team trying to get him out of prison.

Discussing his latest venture, Louis said: “This 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.

“I spent eight or nine days filming at the park back in 2011, over the course of three separate visits. I’d forgotten how much we shot until I went back into the footage during lockdown. It’s 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.”

In case Tiger King managed to completely pass you by in the first lockdown, the Netflix show followed the unusual twists of Joe Exotic’s life.

Joe was found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot and multiple animal cruelty charges. He became a media phenomenon and has a huge team of people attempting to get him a presidential pardon.

The BBC has yet to confirm when the new documentary will air so keep your eyes peeled.