Lifetime to Present Remake of Cult Classic MOTHER, MAY I SLEEP WITH DANGER? Today

In honor of the 20th Anniversary of the cult classic, MOTHER, MAY I SLEEP WITH DANGER?, Lifetime and Sony Pictures Television team up with James Franco to remake the classic TV movie, premiering today, June 18 at 8pm ET/PT. The retelling stars Franco and reunites Tori Spelling (True Tori) and Ivan Sergei (Jack and Jill) from the original film and also features Leila George (The Long Home), Emily Meade (Broad City) and Nick Eversman (Wild). With a story by Franco, this updated classic features a vampire love story that brings a whole new meaning to "sleeping with danger." The film comes on the heels of Lifetime's successful and buzziest movie event of 2015, A Deadly Adoption, starring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig.

The original version of Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? will be available beginning April 29th on Lifetime Movie Club (www.lifetimemovieclub.com).

When theater major Leah (George), brings home the special someone in her life to meet her mom, Julie (Spelling), THE FAMILY is met with a surprise when Pearl (Meade) comes to the door. Julie tries to embrace the idea of Leah's new love interest, but she can't shake the feeling that something is very wrong. Julie's suspicions lead to a startling discovery about Pearl that puts Leah in serious danger. Will Julie be able to save her daughter from an eternity of heartache before it's too late?

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? is produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with Rabbit Bandini Productions. Franco executive produces with Vince Jolivette, Diane Sokolow and Rachel Verno. The script is written by Amber Coney (Class) from a story by Franco, and directed by Melanie Aitkenhead (Shang).

ABOUT RABBIT BANDINI PRODUCTIONS Rabbit Bandini Productions is a film Production Company which aims to support independent filmmakers with the creation of groundbreaking narrative, documentary and multimedia content. The company was founded in 2003 by actor/filmmaker James Franco and producer/writer/actor Vince Jolivette. Credits include director Gia Coppola's drama Palo Alto, Franco's directorial adaptations of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy's Child of God, Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and The Sound and The Fury, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Rabbit Bandini has multiple projects in various stages of development. The Adderall Diaries starring Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard and Christian Slater, was acquired by A24 and set to release this year. Upcoming world premieres include King Cobra starring Franco, Christian Slater, Alicia Silverstone, and Molly Ringwald at the Tribeca Film Festival, along with The Fixer starring Franco, Dominic Rains, Melissa Leo, and Rachel Brosnahan. Rabbit Bandini just wrapped production on The Institute starring Franco, Pamela Anderson, Topher Grace, and Josh Duhamel. In post-production are a handful of films including Zeroville directed by and starring Franco, with a cast of Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, Joey King, Jacki Weaver, Dave Franco, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson; In Dubious Battle starring Franco, Josh Hutcherson, Selena Gomez, Bryan Cranston; and Ed Harris and The Long Home starring Franco, Ashton Kutcher, Josh Hutcherson, Josh Hartnett, Courtney Love and Giancarlo Esposito. Also in post is The Disaster Artist, a film collaboration with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg distributed by New Line. In addition to these films, Rabbit Bandini has recently launched a new venture with the charity, THE ART OF Elysium and together they have created the first philanthropic studio Elysium Bandini Studios. The studio brings together the charity and the production under one banner to support emerging artists to create content with all proceeds going back to the charity's community outreach programs. The 19-year-old charity brings actors and other artists into contact with people in need - from hospitalized children, to the elderly and homeless to, soon, veterans and prisoners. As many as 4,000 artists work in the community outreach programs on projects ranging from essays to poetry to plays, films and art installations.

ABOUT SONY PICTURES TELEVISION Sony Pictures Television is one of the television industry's leading content providers, producing and distributing programming worldwide in every genre and for every platform. In addition to managing one of the industry's largest libraries of award--winning feature films, television shows and formats, SPT is home to a thriving US production business and operates 18 wholly-owned or joint venture production companies in 11 countries around the world. SPT's worldwide networks portfolio includes 150 channel feeds, which are available in 178 countries reaching more than 1.3 billion cumulative households worldwide. Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company.

ABOUT LIFETIME Lifetime is a premier entertainment destination for women dedicated to offering the highest quality original programming spanning scripted series, non-fiction series and movies. The critically acclaimed UnREAL, Devious Maids, Project Runway, Dance Moms, Bring It!, THE RAP GAME and Little Women franchises anchor the network's programming, in addition to its over 25 original movies annually that continue to define the TV movie genre. In 2015, Lifetime launched Broad Focus, a major global initiative dedicated to supporting and hiring female directors, writers and producers to make its content which totals over 450 original hours. Lifetime Television(R), LMN(R), Lifetime Real Women(R) and Lifetime Digital(TM) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.

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