Lifetime has greenlit five new movies for its “Ripped from the Headlines” slate, all from best-selling true crime author Ann Rule, Variety has learned exclusively.
Additionally, Ashley Williams and Robin Givens will make their small-screen directorial debuts with two of these films. These five films come from Rule’s books “Danger in the Dorm,” “Mortan Danger,” “Practice to Deceive,” “Bitter Harvest” and “Empty Promises” and are being prepped for a summer launch.
As part of Lifetime’s Broader Focus Initiative, four out of the five directors of these films are women, and three out of the five films were written by women. “Bitter Harvest” tells the story of a brilliant doctor and mother who had the epitome of a picture perfect life with three
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