Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (Season 1)

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) is a Jim Henson Company fantasy miniseries you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Brian Henson. Matthew Modine plays Jack Robinson, a modern developer who plans to build a resort inside a medieval castle — until his crew unearths a giant human skeleton on the site.

A mysterious woman played by Vanessa Redgrave explains the situation: the skeleton belongs to the giant that Jack's ancestor killed, and the curse on the Robinson family won't lift until Jack climbs into the sky kingdom and makes it right. Daryl Hannah, John Voight and Richard Attenborough fill out a cast that takes the material more seriously than you'd expect. This is a darker, adult-leaning retelling — less about magic beans, more about what it means to inherit someone else's crime. Stream Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) on iFILM.