Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini or Sherri Papini: I Kidnapped Myself (2023 Lifetime)
premiereS January 28th at 8/7c on Lifetime
📺. Stream/Watch the Trailer: COMING SOON
Cast: Jaime King, Matt Hamilton,
Synopsis (Via Lifetime)
Jaime King stars as Sherri Papini in the film about the nation-wide, shocking story of a young mother of two, who disappears while jogging near her home, leading to national headlines as concerned citizens searched for her whereabouts. When she reappeared three weeks later on Thanksgiving Day, Sherri claimed she was abducted by two Hispanic women who chained and repeatedly abused her. While Sherri’s return was celebrated, the state never stopped searching for her kidnappers. Four years later, Sherri’s world came crashing down as evidence revealed her kidnapping was all a hoax perpetrated by Sherri herself to spend time with her ex-boyfriend. Sherri was arrested and ultimately sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying to federal agents, creating hysteria in the community and wasting police time and funding with her nearly successful, elaborate scheme. Matt Hamilton (Girl in Room 13) stars as Sherri’s devoted husband, Keith.
Jaime King made her debut in Daniel Waters’ Happy Campers, which premiered at The Sundance Film Festival. Some of her film credits include Blow, Pearl Harbor, White Chicks, Sin City, Two for the Money and The Spirit, to name a few. She was a series regular on show Hart of Dixie for four seasons and can currently be seen in the critically acclaimed series, Black Summer on Netflix and Out of Death on Hulu.
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini is written by Katie Boland is executive produced by Tim Johnson, Stacy Mandelberg and Jocelyn Freid and directed by Marta Borowski.
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.
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