Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is the richest woman of Australia and fourth richest woman in the world and everyone is curious to dig into her life and know more about it. She has many controversies attached to her life too with her own children standing against her in legal battle. There could not have been a better way to feed the curiosity of everyone than making her life into a television documentary.

Production firm Screentime in collaboration with Foxtel is working to create a mini television documentary about Rinehart and her family's billion-dollar Hancock mining dynasty. The six-hour mini-series format uses Rinehart's biography penned by journalist Adele Ferguson as a main source in addition to other research, Fairfax Media reports.

So what are the interesting factors to look in for in this documentary? There are many to count actually. This richest woman in the world is in a legal fight with two of her four children, John and Bianca as they want their mother to dethrone as a trustee of the multi-million-dollar family trust. The trust, the children claim, was set up by their late grandfather mining tycoon Lang Hancock for his grandchildren in 1988. According to various agencies, Rinehart's estimated net worth in wealth is US$18.6 billion.

The documentary will also show the rise of Gina Rinehart to become the richest woman, her second marriage to Frank Rinehart, her decision on becoming the largest shareholder in Fairfax Media and taking a significant share in the Ten Network Holdings. After the acquisition of these shares, Rinehart has expanded her career interest beyond the mining industry alone thus becoming a major player in the media.

Titled "The House of Hancock" is not the only documentary project being made on Gina's life. Channel 9 is reportedly in the process of making a mini television movie with a more interesting title "Mother, Monster, Magnate." This will be reportedly produced by Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder and actress/producer Claudia Karvan.

No broadcast dates have been earmarked for this upcoming documentary but a number of women actresses including Jacki Weaver, Mandy McElhinney, Gina Riley and Magda Szubanski have been tipped to play the pivotal role.