Lifetime’s Anna Nicole Smith biopic is scheduled to air on the network this summer.
Private Practice alum Agnes Bruckner will tackle the lead role in the flick, which chronicles the late Playboy model’s tragic life. Also starring in the movie are Cary Elwes, Martin Landau, Virginia Madsen, and Adam Goldberg.
In order to bring the project to life, Sony Pictures Television tapped American Psycho director Mary Harron to spearhead the project. The talented filmmaker worked from a script penned by John Rice and Joe Batteer.
Anna Nicole will trace the model’s career from her early days as a topless dancer to her tragic death in February of 2007. Smith’s marriage to J. Howard Marshall, her photo shoot for Playboy , and her reality television show are reportedly covered in the biopic.
Virginia Madsen will tackle the role of Smith’s mother, while Landau will portray her very wealthy husband. Adam Goldberg will portray her lawyer.
With this much talent in front and behind the camera, Anna Nicole should at least be an entertaining watch. Lifetime’s movies are usually hit and miss, but this one seems to have more promise than most.
However, this isn’t the first time someone has made a movie centered around Smith’s life. Director Keoni Waxman and the folks at Nasser Entertainment Group released The Anna Nicole Smith story back in 2009. Singer and actress Willa Ford tackled the lead role in the movie.
Although the flick received a fair amount of coverage back in 2007, interest in the movie didn’t last very long. Two years after production wrapped, the movie was quietly released straight-to-DVD. The biopic currently sports a 4.1 rating on Internet Movie Database .
Lifetime will premiere Anna Nicole on Saturday, June 29 at 8 pm. The flick will likely find its way onto home video before the end of the year.
Do you plan to catch the Anna Nicole Smith biopic when it airs on the network this summer?
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