[06/11/15 - 10:23 AM] Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig's Lifetime Movie, "A Deadly Adoption" Set to Premiere Saturday, June 20 Inspired by a true story, the film is a high-stakes dramatic thriller about a successful couple (Ferrell and Wiig) who house and care for a pregnant woman (Jessica Lowndes) during the final months of her pregnancy with the hopes of adopting her unborn child.
[via press release from Lifetime]
WILL FERRELL AND KRISTEN WIIG'S LIFETIME MOVIE, "A DEADLY ADOPTION" SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, JUNE 20
Golden Globe(R) and Emmy(R) Award nominee Will Ferrell (Everything Must Go, Stranger than Fiction) and Oscar(R) and Golden Globe nominee Kristen Wiig (Skeleton Twins, Bridesmaids) star in the highly-anticipated Lifetime movie, A Deadly Adoption, premiering Saturday, June 20 at 8pm ET/PT.
Inspired by a true story, A Deadly Adoption is a high-stakes dramatic thriller about a successful couple (Ferrell and Wiig) who house and care for a pregnant woman (Jessica Lowndes, 90210) during the final months of her pregnancy with the hopes of adopting her unborn child.
A Mar Vista Entertainment Production, A Deadly Adoption is produced by National Picture Show. Rachel Lee Goldenberg (Escape from Polygamy, Love at the Christmas Table) directs from a script written by Andrew Steele (Casa De Mi Padre, The Spoils of Babylon). The film is executive produced by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Sharon Bordas, Fernando Szew, Andrew Steele and Jessica Elbaum, and produced by Adam Silver, Fritz Manger and Max Osswald. MarVista will handle international distribution of the movie.
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