Steelskin: Andy Serkis plans Rumplestiltskin film. He will produce, direct and star.
Andy Serkis plots Steelskin
Andy Serkis has lined up his next project, Steelskin. With work on his version of The Jungle Book stalled to allow to Disney to release their live action version from director Jon Favreau, Serkis is planning a Rumplestiltskin movie with him producing, directing and starring in it.
The film will be called Steelskin and Drive writer Hossein Amini will write the screenplay, according to The Tracking Board. The site reports that further details are vague, but the word is that it will be similar in ton to Snow White and the Huntsman, which Hossein also worked on.
Serkis will appear in this week’s huge release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and his Jungle Book movie, Jungle Book: Origins, will release in 2017.
Here’s the brief plot for Rumplestiltskin from the Brothers Grimm, which Steelskin will be based upon.
Once there was a miller who was very poor and very boastful. He had a beautiful daughter named Lisa. The miller lied to the King about Lisa who could turn straw into gold. The King was so delightful and took Lisa to the tower room which full of straw and a spinning wheel. The King demanded Lisa to turn the straw into gold in three days or else she would be sentenced to death. Lisa was very sad as she would not able to grant the King’s whishes. Then, a stranger appeared suddenly and offered Lisa a help. The stranger was known as Rumpelstiltskin who spun straw into gold and in return Lisa gave him her necklace and ring. The King became so greedy and wanted more gold. Then, the King asked his servant to search for every last wisp of straw in the countryside so that Lisa could turn the straw into gold and promised her that she would become his queen if she granted his wishes or else he cut off her head. As Lisa was sitting sadly on the floor, Rumpelstiltskin appeared for the third time and offered his last help to Lisa. In return, Lisa had nothing to reward him. Rumpelstiltskin spun the straw into gold and for a promise Lisa would give her first-born child to him after she became a queen. After a year, the King and Lisa had a baby son. Rumpelstiltskin returned to claim his reward. The queen was frightened and offered him all the wealth she had if she could keep the child. Rumpelstiltskin refused and finally agreed to give up his claim to the child if the queen could guess his name in three days. At first she failed, but before the final night, her parents followed Rumpelstiltskin to the woods and they overheard him singing. While he was singing and hopping around the fire, they discovered his name as Rumpelstiltskin. When the dwarf came to the queen on the third day and she revealed his name, Rumpelstiltskin lost his bargain. He was so angry and stamped the floor so hard and vanished in a puff of smoke. Lisa’s father learnt his lesson and he promised her that he would never boast again.
