EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off bringing in Meghan Hooper White asEVP of Global Strategy and Co-Productions, Studio TF1 America is joining the dots with a new project for Lifetime, Shopping Cart Killer starring Lela Rochon (Waiting to Exhale) and Jarod Joseph (Once Upon a Time).
The project makes sense for Studio TF1 America and Hooper White given that although she joined from Paramount, she was previously VP of Original Movies, Co-Productions, and Acquisitions at Lifetime Networks, building its slate of movies. Lifetime and Studio TF1 America are both part of A+E Global Media.
Studio TF1 America Studio TF1 America was created by the bringing together of of TV movie specialists Johnson Production Group and Reel One Entertainment and is a joint venture with Studio TF1 and A+E Global Media.
Billed as a ripped-from-the-headlines Lifetime movie, Shopping Cart Killer (WT) is based on a true story. It follows Monica (Rochon) who sends her son off to military school and is ready to focus on herself again and start dating. When she meets Anthony (Joseph) she thinks she’s found a real connection. Anthony, however, harbors a dangerous secret – he’s a serial killer preying on women through dating apps. When she begins connecting the dots between Anthony’s past and a string of murders, Monica realizes she may be the key to ending his deadly rampage.
PF Pine Prods. is making the show with Rohm Feifer Entertainment and Studio TF1 America. Hooper White is an exec producer alongside Kara Feifer, Timothy O. Johnson and Elisabeth Rohm who also directs.
A+E has worldwide ex-Canada on the show. It is on its MIPCOM distribution slate and will be getting shopped to buyers this week. Internationally, the TV movie still fares well, so we’ll be checking for pre-sales on this one.