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Second Gina Rinehart mini-series in development

Channel Nine has commissioned a production based on the bitter family fed between billionaire Gina Rinehart and  three of her children with the working title Mother Monster Magnate.

The announcement comes a week after it emerged that Screentime was working on a version of the Rinehart story.

A Nine spokeswoman told Mumbrella the production would be a two part mini-series totalling four hours.

“Mother Monster Magnate is the working title, but we haven’t made a decision on the actual title,” she said.

Actress Claudia Karvan is the executive producer of the-mini series in a joint venture with Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder.

It will be based the work of Walkley award winning journalist Steve Pennels, who first exposed the bitter family trust  dispute between the mining magnate and her children.

“Gina is the world’s wealthiest woman, her story as a daughter, mother and miner is a compelling one and often stranger than fiction,” says Karvan. “We would like to walk a mile in her shoes and tell an Australian mining story which has influenced the fortunes of the nation.”

Mumbrella can also reveal Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder is working on a new drama series for the ABC.

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