Lifetime Sets Fall Movie Slate Featuring Heather Locklear, Ana Ortiz, Karrueche Tran & More

Rosy Cordero
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EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime has set six new original films to premiere this fall as part of its “Ripped from the Headlines” movie slate starring Heather Locklear, Ana Ortiz, Lyndsy Fonseca, Jackie Cruz, Sheila E. and Karrueche Tran. The new movies will air on Saturdays at 8 p.m./7 c.

These films join the previously announced movies, Buried Alive and Survived (Sept 21) starring Eva Marcille, and He Slid into Her DMs (Sept 28) with Courtney Thorne Smith.

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Learn more about the films and when they will premiere below.

The Girl Who Wasn’t Dead
Starring Lyndsy Fonseca, Emma Tremblay and Kyle Clark
Premieres October 5th at 8/7c.

Inspired by true events, The Girl Who Wasn’t Dead tells the story of 15-year-old Erica (Tremblay) who vanishes without a trace. Authorities believed Erica might be the victim of a local serial killer, but her mother, Carrie (Fonseca) refused to believe the worst. In an incredible turn of events, Erica emerges from the shadows at her own murder trial, three years after her disappearance. Erica wasn’t abducted but had run away and chosen to live in seclusion with her 21-year-old boyfriend, Andrew (Kyle Clark), less than a mile from her mother’s house. Banned from seeing her older boyfriend, Erica chose to spend her teenage years hiding from visitors and concealed behind drawn curtains.

The movie is produced by NSM Productions with Tim Johnson serving as executive producer. Simone Stock directs from a script by Yuri Baranovsky and Angela Gulner.

Nobody Dumps My Daughter
Starring Ana Ortiz, Jasmine Vega and Sheila E.
Premieres October 12th at 8/7c.

In Nobody Dumps My Daughter, after Jimmy breaks up with Theresa (Vega), her overbearing mother, Mary (Ana Ortiz), becomes obsessed with mending their relationship after learning that Jimmy took her daughter’s virginity. Determined to reunite the couple, Mary does everything she can to convince Jimmy to change his mind… including bribing him. When her tactics fail, Mary becomes desperate and her meddling ways turn to murderous when she enlists the services of a fortune teller named Anna (Sheila E.) and a hitman to murder Jimmy in an attempt to reclaim her daughter’s purity.

The Lifetime Original is produced by Lighthouse Pictures with Gemma Martini, Jamie Goehring and Jameson Parker serving as executive producers. Stan Brooks directs from a script by Richard Blaney & Gregory Small.

Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Starring Jackie Cruz, Matreya Scarrwener and Matthew MacCaull
Directed by Elisabeth Rohm
Premieres October 19th at 8/7c.

In the movie, Alyssa (Cruz) and Steven (MacCaull) have an intense relationship and move in together when Alyssa is an impressionable teen.  After they have a daughter of their own, their path takes a dark turn when Steven becomes physically abusive toward the infant.  Alyssa senses the situation is dire and puts the child up for adoption…little does she know, that 18 years later their daughter, now named Katie (Scarrwener), would seek them out. After an instant connection when they reunite, Steven convinces Katie to move in with him, Alyssa and their two young daughters, promising her opportunities to pursue her passions. Steven starts neglecting the rest of the family and Alyssa finally has enough and moves out. When Alyssa discovers that Katie and Steven are having an affair and expecting, she confronts them and tries to convince Katie of Steven’s abusive past. Katie refuses to listen until it’s too late.

Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story is produced by HFK Productions Inc. for Lifetime. Tim Johnson, Kara Feifer and Elisabeth Rohm and Stephen Tolkin serve as executive producers and Navid Soofi produces. Rohm also directs a script from Tolkin.

Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story(wt)
Starring Heather Locklear and Emilie Ullerup
Premieres October 26th at 8/7c.

Together, six adorable kids, a loving husband, and Ruby (Ullerup) made up “8 Passengers,” a web series documenting the group’s everyday life and Ruby’s LDS-influenced parenting style. To viewers, Ruby had the perfect life, but everything took a turn for the worse when Ruby’s marriage counselor Jodi Hildebrandt (Locklear), entered their lives.  After Jodi moves into Ruby’s home, the environment becomes toxic and Ruby’s husband is forced to move out.  Jodi and Ruby’s views of disciplining children were not “strict parenting” but abuse.

But when Ruby’s 12-year-old son escaped from Ruby and Jodi’s real-life house of horrors with clear signs of abuse, the truth came to light. How could this idolized family-friendly mother of six and her spiritual guide transform into convicted child abusers?

Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story is produced for Lifetime by Pender Productions Inc. Orly Adelson, Tom Berry, Suzanne Chapman and Sebastian Battro are executive producers; Bruce Harvey produces. Kevin Fair directs from a script written by Alyson Evans and Steve Kornacki.

A Kidnapping in Amish Country
Starring Jorja Cadence and Elise Bauman
Premieres on November 2nd at 8/7c.

When Lena (Cadence) – an Amish woman with a checkered past – realizes her daughter has been abducted, she is forced to turn to the only person who can help: her estranged best friend, Skye (Bauman) who’s renounced the Amish way of life and found fame on social media.

The movie is produced by Reel One Entertainment. Tom Berry, Suzanne Chapman, Sebastian Battro and Taylor Warren Goff serve as executive producers. Cat Hostick directs from a script by Taylor Warren Goff.

Searching for a Serial Killer: The Regina Smith Story (wt)
Starring Karrueche Tran, Blair Penner and Ted Cole
Premieres on November 9th at 8/7c.

Karrueche Tran plays the inspirational real-life hero Regina Smith. A single mother determined to provide a safer world for her daughter, Regina joins the Dallas Police Department. As a rookie, Regina and her partner Eddie (Blair Penner) stumble upon the first victim of what would be many murders of female prostitutes by the notorious serial killer, Charles Albright (Ted Cole) whom the media dubbed “The Eyeball Killer,” because he surgically removed the eyes of his victims. Despite only being months into the job and a woman in a profession dominated by men, Regina risks everything to get involved in the case. She discovers crucial evidence missed by FBI and city homicide detectives that lands her on the doorstep of a satanic killer.

The Regina Smith Story (wt) is executive produced by Howard Braunstein, Conor Allyn and Benjamin Anderson. Darren Robson produces. Wendy Ord directs from a script written by Conor Allyn and Benjamin Anderson


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