{"id":36782,"date":"2022-05-06T00:38:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T04:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=36782"},"modified":"2022-05-06T00:38:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T04:38:19","slug":"lifetime-greenlights-the-gabby-petito-story-with-thora-birch-set-to-co-star-and-make-her-directorial-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/06\/lifetime-greenlights-the-gabby-petito-story-with-thora-birch-set-to-co-star-and-make-her-directorial-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime Greenlights &#8220;The Gabby Petito Story&#8221; with Thora Birch Set to Co-Star and Make Her Directorial Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lifetime-movies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"285\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lifetime-movies.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lifetime-movies-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lifetime-movies-260x148.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lifetime-movies-160x91.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>With the anniversary of Gabby Petito&#8217;s disappearance and murder approaching this fall, Lifetime announces the greenlight of the new movie The Gabby Petito Story (working title) as part of their Stop Violence Against Women public affairs initiative. As a trusted destination for women, Lifetime will create a new PSA to debut as part of the movie&#8217;s roll out, driving to the important work of the network&#8217;s coalition of partners to provide resources for women. Being a leader in telling powerful stories of women and providing a platform to shine a light on unheard voices, Lifetime is also in development on several movies surrounding violence against women who may not have had the same media attention as Gabby Petito. These include the stories of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, Adriane Fields, Beatrice Weston, among others, with each project in various stages of development.<\/p>\n<p>Emmy\u00ae-nominated actress Thora Birch (The Walking Dead, American Beauty, Ghost World) has signed on to make her directorial debut in this film and play Gabby&#8217;s mom, Nichole Schmidt. The film marks Birch&#8217;s return to Lifetime, having starred in highly rated films, Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story in 2003 for which she earned an Emmy\u00ae nomination, and The Pregnancy Pact in 2010, inspired by the true story of a town in Massachusetts where teen girls made a pact to each get pregnant, give birth and raise their children communally.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1188587654\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Gabby Petito Story will explore Gabby and her fianc\u00e9 Brian Laundrie&#8217;s complicated relationship and what may have gone wrong during their cross-country trip that resulted in Gabby&#8217;s tragic murder. 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