Actor and director Andy Serkis (Gollum from "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", Caesar from "Planet of the Apes" and director of "Venom 2" and "Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle") is developing a TV series based on the stormy life of Marie Tussauds.
If this name sounds familiar to you, then yes, it is the same lady who founded the "Madame Tussauds" international chain of wax museums.
Serkis will serve as the show's executive creator, manage the project and direct most, if not all, of the episodes.
In announcing the start of production, Serkis said that this is a story of Tuso's that has never been told, and made it clear that it will not be a serious drama series, but "a funny, crazy, anarchic and boundless punk action", according to him.
More details about the series and the actors who will participate in it have not yet been published.
The royal family at the Madame Tussauds museum in London, photo: AP
Marie Tousseau was born in Strasbourg, France, in 1761.
She was considered a groundbreaking businesswoman and artist, but also controversial.
Tussaud began sculpting in wax as a teenager after being inspired by her mother's employer, the amateur sculptor Philip Curtius, and her first sculpture was shown in an exhibition as early as 1777, when she was only 16 years old.
She fled from Paris to London after surviving the horrors of the French Revolution and was even a "candidate" for beheading, as she was close to the sister of the King of France, Louis XVI, but was saved from death at the last moment.
It is said that the sculptor, who passed away in 1850, sacrificed almost all relationships with those closest to her, including her children, in order to focus on her work and her desire to leave a legacy after her death.
The first permanent "Madame Tussauds" exhibition opened in the British capital in 1835, and today the museum chain has more than 20 branches around the world.
There is no doubt that the new series will shed a little more light on the stormy life of this special woman.
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