{"id":94432,"date":"2025-02-21T13:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=94432"},"modified":"2025-02-21T13:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:45:27","slug":"lifetime-announces-two-new-original-movies-for-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/21\/lifetime-announces-two-new-original-movies-for-this-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime Announces Two New Original Movies for This Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lifetime announces two new original movies debuting this spring, starting off with D.B. Woodside (<em>Lucifer, The Night Agent, Suits<\/em>) and Claire Qute (<em>Overcompensating, The Detail, Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>) in <em><strong>Taken at a Basketball Game<\/strong><\/em>, premiering Saturday, March 15 @ 8PM\/7c. Inspired by real events, the movie follows as a father desperately searches for his teenage daughter after she is abducted while at a basketball game.<\/p>\n<p>Elisabeth Rohm (<em>Girl in the Basement<\/em>) returns to executive produce and direct Keshia Knight Pulliam in the thriller <em><strong>Wife Stalker<\/strong><\/em>, debuting March 29 @ 8PM\/7c. Based on the book <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41pzg1H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wife Stalker<\/a> by Liv Constantine, the film also stars real-life spouses Grace and Tra\u00ed Byers and follows a wife whose husband leaves her for a woman with a nefarious past.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2452482218\" 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<h4>\nAbout Taken at a Basketball Game<\/h4>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94433\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/taken-at-a-basketball-20250220b.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/taken-at-a-basketball-20250220b.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/taken-at-a-basketball-20250220b-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Desperate to bond with his estranged 18-year-old daughter Robyn (Claire Qute), Wayne Edwards (D.B. 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Ruba Nadda directs from a script written by Richard Blaney &amp; Gregory Small.<\/p>\n<h4>\nAbout Wife Stalker<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94434\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wife-stalker-20250220b.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wife-stalker-20250220b.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wife-stalker-20250220b-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Joanna (Keshia Knight Pulliam) and Leo (Tra\u00ed Byers) seem to have it all. Two adorable children, Evie (Alayna Bernard) and Aaron (AJ Bernard), and a beautiful house in the suburbs. But their perfect marriage begins to unravel when Piper (Grace Byers), the owner of a wellness center, moves to town and sets her sights on Leo who quickly falls for her charms. As Piper ruthlessly maneuvers her way into the family, Joanna starts digging into her past and discovers some very disturbing secrets &#8211; including two previous dead husbands. Fearing for their safety, Joanna is determined to find the proof that she needs and expose Piper in time to protect her family.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wife Stalker<\/em> is produced by Rohm Feifer Entertainment and GroupM Motion Entertainment. Stacy Mandelberg, Eric Tomosunas, Elisabeth Rohm, Kara Feifer, Ty Walker, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Richard Foster, and Chet Fenster are executive producers. Producer is Ron Robinson. 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