‘If There Be Thorns’ and ‘Seeds of Yesterday’ Coming to Lifetime

Seeds of Yesterday and If There Be Thorns Premiere Dates
Samantha Hanratty (“Cathy Sheffield”), Jason Lewis (“Christopher Sheffield”) and Rachael Carpani (“Cathy Sheffield”) star in the all-new Lifetime Original Movie, ‘Seeds of Yesterday.’ (Photo by James Dittiger)

Lifetime’s set April premiere dates for the film adaptations of the final two V.C. Andrews’ books in the Dollanganger family saga, If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday. If There Be Thorns will debut on April 5th at 8pm ET/PT followed by Seeds of Yesterday on April 12th at 8pm.

If There Be Thorns was adapted by Andy Cochran with Nancy Savoca (If These Walls Could Talk) directing. Shawn Ku (Beautiful Boy) directs Seeds of Yesterday from a script by Darren Stein (Jawbreaker).

Details on If There Be Thorns:

If There Be Thorns follows Christopher (Jason Lewis) and Cathy Dollanganger (Rachael Carpani) as they live together as man and wife with Cathy’s two sons who are unaware of the incestuous nature of their parents’ relationship. But when a mysterious woman moves in next door and befriends the younger boy, Bart (Mason Cook), he begins a strange transformation and displays accusatory behavior towards Cathy and Christopher. When Christopher discovers their mysterious neighbor is, in fact, his mother Corrine Dollanganger (Heather Graham), all of the family’s long-hidden secrets are revealed in a tragic climax.

Details on Seeds of Yesterday:

The saga of the tormented Dollangangers comes to an end in Seeds of Yesterday, in which the family continues to coexist miserably. Also starring Carpani and Lewis, the film follows Cathy’s two adult sons, Bart (James Maslow) and Jory (Anthony Konechny), half-brothers with little in common whose lives are fueled by deeply troubled relationships, dark secrets and misfortune that come to a head in a way that will haunt the family and its progeny forever.