Sony Pictures is developing a Rumpelstiltskin adaptation, with Emmy-award winning Game Of Thrones star Peter Dinklage attached to produce and star as the titular character.
Dinklage recently scored his seventh Emmy nomination for supporting actor in a drama series (Game of Thrones) and broke the record for the most nominated person ever in the category.
The character first appeared in a Brothers Grimm tale and follows a miller who lies to the king, telling him that his daughter can spin straw into gold. The king calls for the girl, shuts her in a tower room filled with straw and a spinning wheel, and demands she spin the straw into gold by morning or he will cut off her head. When she has given up all hope, an imp-like creature, a.k.a. Rumpelstiltskin, appears in the room and spins the straw into gold in return for her necklace. Though the return is good in the short term, Rumpelstiltskin’s motives lie in the long term and end up costing the girl more than she could have bargained for.
Peter Dinklage to Star in Rumpelstiltskin Movie From Columbia Pictures
