Mark Rylance Is "The Bfg" For Steven Spielberg

Tony and Olivier award-winning actor Mark Rylance has been cast as the benevolent giant title character in the live-action film adaptation of author Roald Dahl's 1982 children's book "The Bfg" says Variety.

The story follows a young girl, the Queen of England and the BFG, who set out on an adventure to capture the evil, man-eating giants who have been invading the human world.

Melissa Mathison ( E.T.), wrote the adapted screenplay from which Steven Spielberg will direct. 

Frank Marshall will produce the pic.

Spielberg will shoot the project in early 2015 ahead of a July 1st 2016 release.

Rylance is currently working with Spielberg on the Cold War spy thriller "St. James Place".