Exclusive: Ozy Media has set a border immigration television movie at Lifetime as part of its Ripped From The Headlines strand.
The drama is the first scripted project to emerge from the company’s first-look deal at A+E Networks signed earlier this year. Ozy Media was set up in 2013 by former CNN and MSNBC anchor Carlos Watson and former Goldman Sachs exec Samir Rao.
The project is based on an article from its reporting arm – Meet The Reporter Who Made America Listen To The Children At The Border.
The story is based on reporting from Ginger Thompson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ProPublica reporter and former New York Times Mexico City bureau chief, who broke the story of the conditions of young children at the border, tapes that were played at the White House press briefing and on the floor of Congress and that are thought to have led to President...
The drama is the first scripted project to emerge from the company’s first-look deal at A+E Networks signed earlier this year. Ozy Media was set up in 2013 by former CNN and MSNBC anchor Carlos Watson and former Goldman Sachs exec Samir Rao.
The project is based on an article from its reporting arm – Meet The Reporter Who Made America Listen To The Children At The Border.
The story is based on reporting from Ginger Thompson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ProPublica reporter and former New York Times Mexico City bureau chief, who broke the story of the conditions of young children at the border, tapes that were played at the White House press briefing and on the floor of Congress and that are thought to have led to President...
- 9/18/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Lifetime has signed a deal with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ Milojo Productions to produce two original movies for the network’s “Ripped From the Headlines” slate, the company announced Wednesday.
Both projects will premiere on the network in 2021. Ripa and Consuelos will serve as executive producers alongside Albert Bianchini.
“Kelly and Mark have been important voices in popular culture for the past twenty years and we are so incredibly pleased to have them become a part of the Lifetime family,” Paul Buccieri, group president, A+E Networks said. “We look forward to seeing their creative vision brought to life through these projects.”
The films will join a slate of original films which include 2020’s “Stolen By My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story,” “Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer,” “Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story,” “Neighbor in the Window” and “You Can’t Take My Daughter.”
“I am beyond thrilled to welcome...
Both projects will premiere on the network in 2021. Ripa and Consuelos will serve as executive producers alongside Albert Bianchini.
“Kelly and Mark have been important voices in popular culture for the past twenty years and we are so incredibly pleased to have them become a part of the Lifetime family,” Paul Buccieri, group president, A+E Networks said. “We look forward to seeing their creative vision brought to life through these projects.”
The films will join a slate of original films which include 2020’s “Stolen By My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story,” “Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer,” “Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story,” “Neighbor in the Window” and “You Can’t Take My Daughter.”
“I am beyond thrilled to welcome...
- 9/9/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Lifetime is ripping form the headlines once again. E! News has your exclusive sneak peek at Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story with Nia Vardalos playing the title role. In Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story, viewers meet Stacey, a widow who finds love again with her boss, David (Mike Dopud). When David is found dead of an apparent suicide, police become suspicious, especially when they discover David's death is reminiscent of Stacey's first husband. As the evidence starts to point toward Stacey, a suicide attempt by her daughter Ashley (Chanelle Peloso) throws the investigators for a loop. Is Stacey a black widow or just a victim of tragic circumstance? Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story is executive...
- 1/31/2020
- E! Online
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