Lifetime Announces Six New Movies for Their Fall “Ripped from the Headlines” Slate

Lifetime will premiere six new original films for the fall Ripped from the Headlines movie slate, featuring an impressive lineup of gripping stories and unforgettable performances with notable stars including Heather Locklear, Ana Ortiz, Lyndsy Fonseca, Jackie Cruz, Sheila E., Karrueche Tran, and others. New movies will air Saturdays @ 8PM/7c.

The Girl Who Wasn’t Dead (October 5th) stars Lyndsy Fonseca (9-1-1: Lonestar), Emma Tremblay (Supergirl) and Kyle Clark (Mommy Meanest) and is inspired by true events of a girl who disappeared and was feared dead, only to remerge from the shadows years later. The following week, Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty, Devious Maids), Jasmine Vega, and Sheila E. star in Nobody Dumps My Daughter (October 12th), inspired by the true story of an overly intrusive mother whose obsession with her daughter’s relationship takes a dark turn. Based on a true story of adoption, incest, and the ultimate betrayal, Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Paldl Story (October 19th) will star Jackie Cruz (Orange Is the New Black), Matreya Scarrwener (V.C. Andrews Heaven) and Matthew MacCaull (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters). Heather Locklear (Melrose Place) and Emilie Ullerup headline the disturbing Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story (wt) (October 26th)of a Utah mom of six whose charismatic YouTube persona hid what sinister behaviors happened behind the cameras. The following week (November 2nd), Jorja Cadence and Elise Bauman are estranged Amish best friends who must band together when one of their daughters is abducted in A Kidnapping in Amish Country, and to close the slate the following week (November 9th), Karrueche Tran (Claws), Blair Penner (Wayward Pines) and Ted Cole (Murdaugh Murders: The Movie), star in Searching for a Serial Killer: The Regina Smith Story (wt), about a single mother and rookie Dallas police officer who defied all expectations and caught the notorious Eyeball Killer.

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

THE GIRL WHO WASN’T DEAD

Starring Lyndsy Fonseca, Emma Tremblay, and Kyle Clark

October 5th @ 8PM/7c

A Lifetime Original movie inspired by true events, The Girl Who Wasn’t Dead tells the story of 15-year-old Erica (Emma Tremblay) who vanishes without a trace. Authorities believed Erica may be the victim of a local serial killer, but her mother, Carrie (Lydnsey 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 Girl Who Wasn’t Dead 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.

October 12th @ 8PM/7c

In the Lifetime original movie Nobody Dumps My Daughter, after Jimmy breaks up with Theresa (Jasmine Vega), her over-bearing 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 hitman to murder Jimmy in attempts to reclaim her daughter’s purity.

Nobody Dumps My Daughter 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

October 19th @ 8PM/7c

In the Lifetime original movie Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story, Alyssa (Jackie Cruz) and Steven (Matthew MacCaull) have an intense relationship from the start 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, 18 years later their daughter, now named Katie (Matreya 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

October 26th @ 8PM/7c

Together, six adorable kids, a loving husband, and Ruby (Emilie Ullerup) made up “8 Passengers,” a web series documenting the group’s every-day-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 (Heather 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 actually 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? Find out in this riveting Lifetime original movie.

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

A KIDNAPPING IN AMISH COUNTRY

Starring Jorja Cadence and Elise Bauman

November 2nd @ 8PM/7c

When Lena (Jorja 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 (Elise Bauman) who’s renounced the Amish way of life and found fame on social media.

A Kidnapping in Amish Country 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

November 9th @ 8PM/7c

In the Lifetime Original movie Searching for a Serial Killer: The Regina Smith Story (wt), Karrueche Tran plays 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.

Searching for a Serial 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.