Andy Serkis makes fun of the production: “It’s going to be a hilarious and crazy punk game.”
British actor, director and writer Andy Serkisknown for playing Gollum in the trilogy The Lord of the RingsIt is developing a series on the life of Marie Tussaudthe French artist and entrepreneur who founded the famous wax museum that bears her name.
Serkis he will be executive producer and director of the series that will address the untold story of Tussaud, an artist of French origin known for his wax sculptures who perfected his art during the age of illustration and French Revolution.
During the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century, Tussaud fled to England, where he founded the now legendary wax museum in London in 1835, a tourist attraction.
Serkis was the Caesar monkey from the Planet of the Apes series.
Newen Connect, the distribution arm of Newen Studios -of the French media group TF1-, has signed an agreement with Imaginarium Productions, the company founded by Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish, to co-develop and distribute the series created by Serkis himself.
A hilarious punk joke
According to a statement released by Serkis, the series will play Tussaud as an “extraordinarily pioneering businesswoman who built her business from the ground up” sacrificing “relationships with almost everyone who was close to her (including her own children), exchanging love for her inheritance,” says the text shared by Serkis.
“This isn’t a costume drama, it’s a hilarious, insane, no-holds-barred punk game conjured by the curiously twisted mind of an executioner’s daughter,” said the 58-year-old London-based actor and director.
“Marie is very clear about one thing: if you are going to tell the story of your life, make it fun, even if you have to make things up. And whatever happens, cut out the boring partsSerkis joked.
Andy Serkis played Supreme Leader Snoke, the villain from the latest “Star Wars” trilogy.
Rodolphe Buet, CEO of Newen Connect, the distributor who will help fund the development of the series and sell the show internationally, said the series will represent a “visionary heroine who rocked convention in the 18th century.”
Gollum and Caesar, an established director
Serkis is holder of a particular acting careersince its most relevant characters are not human: in addition to Gollum / Smeagol, the creature of the film adaptations of JRR Tolkien’s books, was the monkey Caesar, protagonist of the saga Planet of the Apes.
He also played Supreme Leader Snoke, the villain from the latest Star Wars trilogy. in the new Batmanreleased in March of this year, he played Alfred, Bruce Wayne’s butler.
To his interesting acting career, Serkis has added a recent but already consummate career as a director, with films praised such as A reason to live -his first feature film with Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy-, Mowgli: Tales from the Jungle Book and the continuation Poison: carnage unleashedreleased last year.
In addition to directing the series on Marie Tussaud, Serkis is already part of the pre-production of Poison 3; and it is rumored that he will take care of it too Rebellion on the farman animated adaptation of George Orwell’s classic novel.
Source: Clarin
