Hot on the heels of their Flowers in the Attic: The Origin limited series, Lifetime’s dipping back into the V.C. Andrew well for a movie event based on the bestselling Dawn Cutler series. Stargirl‘s Brec Bassinger is confirmed to star as Dawn and Emmy Award winner Donna Mills (General Hospital) has signed on to star as Lillian Cutler.
The cast also includes Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) as Michael Sutton, Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives) as Ormand Longchamp, Khobe Clarke (Yellowjackets) as Jimmy Longchamp, and Fran Drescher (Indebted) as Agnes Morris.
Linda-Lisa Hayter will direct the first two films of the movie event series: Dawn and Secrets of the Morning. Jacquie Gould is set to direct Twilights Child and Midnight Whispers, with Georgy Small and Richard Blaney attached as writers. Small and Blaney will also adapt Twilights Child and Allison Lea Bingeman is adapting Midnight Whispers.
Lifetime released the following description of Dawn:
The first movie in the series, Dawn, follows the story of Dawn Longchamp (Bassinger), who after growing up in humble surroundings with a very hardworking and loving family suddenly has everything she loves ripped away from her when she is thrust into a new family whose dark and twisted secrets change the course of her life forever. As Dawn struggles to fit in, her wicked grandmother Lillian Cutler (Mills) rules her life with an iron fist and inflicts cruel punishments when Dawn does not follow her strict orders.
When Dawn finds herself entrenched in the mysteries surrounding the family, it becomes clear that a dark and unescapable curse looms over the Cutlers.
McIntyre stars as Dawn’s infamous singing teacher and Broadway star, Michael Sutton, while Drescher stars as Agnes Morris, the out-of-work actress and overly made-up drama queen who is the house mother at the performing arts school where Dawn resides. Metcalfe stars as Ormand Longchamp, Dawn’s adoptive father, while Clarke stars as Dawn’s adoptive brother Jimmy Longchamp.
Jason Cermak plays Dawn’s father Randolph Cutler and Miranda Frigon is Dawn’s mother, Laura Jean Cutler. Elyse Maloway and Dane Schioler are Dawn’s siblings Clara Jean and Philip Cutler. Corey Woods plays Dawn’s boarding school roommate, Tricia. And Helena Marie plays Sally Longchamp, Dawn’s adoptive mother.
