Gina Rinehart drama gets green light from Nine Network The private world of Australian billionairess Gina Rinehart will be the subject of two upcoming television dramas. Both projects will now be hunting for an actress to play Rinehart, the daughter of West Australian billionaire and mining magnate Lang Hancock. Names mentioned in media coverage of both projects include Jacki Weaver, Mandy McElhinney, Gina Riley and Magda Szubanski. Nine's Gina is described by the network as "the dramatic true story of the rise of the Hancock empire from Lang's discovery [of the world's largest iron ore deposit in WA's Pilbara Ranges] through to the present day." "Born into incredible wealth and privilege, young Gina was groomed by her father," the promotional material says. The project will also cover "incredible public feud between Gina and Lang's second wife Rose Lacson (now Porteous); Gina's struggle to rebuild the company following her father's death; and Gina's recent battles with her own children over their multi-billion dollar inheritance." Nine's miniseries will be co-produced by Michael Cordell. Another Cordell project, the SBS observational documentary Go Back To Where You Came From, has just been honoured with an International Emmy award in New York. Foxtel's executive director of television, Brian Walsh has described The House of Hancock was "an enticing idea for the screen [which] captures the life of a truly extraordinary Australian [in Hancock]." Screentime boss Des Monaghan said Ferguson's book, which is being used to develop the Foxtel project, offered "unprecedented access to those closest to the family [and would] give an insight and greater understanding of one of the most intriguing women in the world." Rinehart is one of the wealthiest people in the world, with a fortune worth almost $20 billion. She is a shareholder of Fairfax Media.