Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias (2023 Lifetime)
premiereS January 21st at 8/7c on Lifetime
📺. Stream/Watch the Trailer: COMING SOON
Cast: Celina Sinden, Tricia Black, Lynn Rafferty
Synopsis (Via Lifetime)
In this follow-up to one of Lifetime’s most successful true crime movies, Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret, we will see a whole new side of the infamous murderess and the story that has captivated the world for nearly a decade. Celina Sinden stars in the new movie, Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias as Jodi, who has just been arrested and sent to prison while she awaits trial for murdering her boyfriend, Travis Alexander. When she arrived in jail, Jodi charms her way through prison and befriends a couple, Donavan Bering and Tracy Brown. The three inmates became inseparable, Donovan and Tracy doing anything and everything Jodi asked — even letting the murderess tattoo her name on one of them. Donovan was released from prison as Jodi’s trial drew near and agreed to be Jodi’s mouthpiece, posting on her social pages and defending her friend to the world. But when the details of the case and Jodi’s story were no longer adding up and Donovan refused to continue to do her former friend’s bidding, Jodi’s vengeful side emerged.
Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias is produced for Lifetime by Cineflix Productions. Jeff Vanderwal (Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey, I Was Lorena Bobbitt), J.C. Mills (Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, Summer Qamp), Sherri Rufh (Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey, I Was Lorena Bobbitt), Peter Emerson (Tehran, Reginald the Vampire), Andy Streitfeld, and Kim Clemons are the executive producers. Kim Barker (License to Wed, All About Steve) wrote the script in which Rama Rau (Honey Bee, League of Exotique Dancers) directed. Tracy Brown and Donovan Bering serve as consultants on the movie.
My Thoughts
Lifetime isn’t the best at sequels, except for anything Kelly Rowland does with Liddle Franchise, so this Jodi Arias movie is at a disadvantage. We don’t even get the original actress who originated the role of Jodi on Lifetime, Tania Raymonde. This is a huge loss for the movie because Raymonde was excellent in the role.
I will wait to make my final judgement, but from the press photos this doesn’t look good. Also, can we just leave Jodi Arias in jail where she belongs? I mean I don’t care what her life in jail is like, I just want her to stay there for the brutal murder of Travis Alexander. We will see when the trailer drops. Put a Cork In It.
