Rinehart tipped to sue Nine over House of Hancock despite earlier settlement
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has come up with a list of 20 “glaring errors” in last night’s episode of Network Nine’s miniseries about her life the House of Hancock, despite winning an injunction on Saturday leading to the network editing several minutes of the show.
The Rinehart camp today issued a statement listing a number of ‘errors’ in the mini-series, which portrayed the relationship between Rinehart, her father Lang Hancock and his second wife Rose Porteous, despite having reached a negotiated settlement with the TV Network in an unusual Saturday session of the Supreme Court, which saw Nine agreed to a number of edits and a disclaimer on the program.
Included in the list of errors is the claim “The scene showing Mrs Rinehart as having a conversation with her deceased father is offensive, given it didn’t occur and may question sanity”.
In a statement Mark Wilks, solicitor for Rinehart said: “Although Channel 9 inserted a disclaimer into House of Hancock regarding that certain scenes were fictionalised, the House of Hancock miniseries remains devoid of factual accuracy and is almost entirely fiction.
This brings into question all the real life depictions we are fed by makers of mini series. Go Gina. You have the power to make movie goers tell the truth and not fictionalise everyth.
Phew. Need a cup of tea and a good lie down now.
Didnt watch the 2nd episode, given that so much of the show is lies, or embellished.
It certainly looks like some lawyers didn’t read the scripts with very keen eyes before the series went into production.
Well one thing I can say, Rose was a gold digger of the finest form!!!
My god it’s a program.
Just like any movie or program based on a true event will have sensationalised scenes, that’s what sells the story.
This is why the networks buy American or English programs and why so many Australian actors travel to all parts of the world for work.
Get a grip…ffs
It’s one thing to have to live with the little (and at times embarrassing) fictions created and perpetuated by family, friends, and co-workers, but to have to deal with a condensed, cherry-picked and fictionalised account of your life and the lives of people you love (and hate) created for nothing more than television ratings and profit must be difficult.
I have no particular feelings for or against Gina, I’ve never met her.
But now I do feel a little bit sorry for her. Not because of anything she’s done, but because of what the producers of this television show have done to her life.
Sure, it’s entertainment, but at who’s expense?