Lifetime's "Lizzie Borden Took An Ax" Trailer Released

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Christina Ricci To Play Lizzie Borden in Lifetime Movie
by NELLIE ANDREEVA
Friday June 7, 2013


Long before Amanda Knox, Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias, there was another young American woman on a trial for murder that became a media spectacle.

I’ve learned exclusively that Christina Ricci has been tapped to play Lizzie Borden in a Lifetime original movie about the woman tried and acquitted in the 1892 ax murders of her father and stepmother.



Directed by Nick Gomez and produced by Sony Pictures Television, the movie tells the story of Fall River, Mass., resident Borden, who finds herself on trial for the brutal murder with a hatchet-type weapon of her father, Andrew Jackson Borden, and his second wife, Abby Durfee Gray Borden, at their family home.

She was acquitted at a trial, which drew national attention, though no one else was ever charged with the crime, which has remained unsolved. Despite being found guilty in the court of public opinion in her native town, at least in some circles, Borden lived in Fall River for the rest of her life.



Judith Verno (Drew Peterson: Untouchable) executive produces the movie, which joins such recent entries at the network as Amanda Knox: Murder On Trial In Italy, Prosecuting Casey Anthony and the upcoming Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret, which also is exec produced by Verno.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/chri...ifetime-movie/

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Billy Campbell & Clea Duvall To Co-Star in Lifetime’s Lizzie Borden Movie
by NELLIE ANDREEVA
Friday June 14, 2013


Billy Campbell and Clea Duvall are set to co-star opposite Christina Ricci in Lifetime’s movie about one of the most famous murder trials in American history.

Directed by Nick Gomez and produced by Sony Pictures Television, the film tells the story of Fall River, Mass., resident Lizzie Borden (Ricci), who finds herself on trial for the brutal axe murders of her father, Andrew Jackson Borden, and his second wife, Abby Durfee Gray Borden, at their family home. She was acquitted though no one else was ever charged with the crime, which has remained unsolved.

Campbell will play Borden’s attorney Andrew Jennings, while Duvall will play her sister Emma.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/bill...-borden-movie/

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Wow!! This movie sounds like it'll be something to look forward to for sure!! Have always been fascinated with Lizzie Borden's story. I like that they cast Christina Ricci!!! I think she's an amazing actress!!

[JamesG]

Gregg Henry To Co-Star in Lizzie Borden Movie
by NELLIE ANDREEVA
Thursday June 27, 2013


Gregg Henry is set to co-star opposite Christina Ricci in Lifetime’s movie about the famous murder trial of Lizzie Borden who was acquitted for the brutal ax murders of her father and his second wife.

Henry will play District Attorney Hosea Knowlton, responsible for mounting the prosecution against Borden.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/greg...-lost-angeles/

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