EXCLUSIVE: Courtney Thorne-Smith (Melrose Place, Ally McBeal) and Stella Gregg (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Trust Me) are set to lead the new Lifetime Original Movie He Slid Into Her DMs. Kane Parks also stars.
Alicia Coppola (Jericho, Why Women Kill) will make her directorial debut with the project premiering Saturday, September 28 at 8/7c as part of Lifetime’s Fall Ripped from the Headlines movie slate.
Inspired by actual events, 17-year-old Berni’s (Gregg) life seemed perfect from the outside; she’s popular, dating the captain of the basketball team, heading to NYU in the fall, and is a burgeoning social media influencer. However, it all is a façade. Berni’s life is a complete mess; her best friend is betraying her behind her back, she’s struggling to gain more followers. She needs to hit her social media goals to potentially financially help her single mother, and her boyfriend Zak (Parks) breaks up with her because she spends more time on her phone than with him.
Before eventually getting back together with Zak, Berni strikes up a friendship with Mason, an online fan, and agrees to sell him private photos. However, things turn deadly when Mason shows up on her doorstep, causing her mom Leah (Thorne-Smith) to make a tragic decision that ends up destroying Berni’s carefully crafted public image.
He Slid Into Her DMs is produced for Lifetime by Cartel Pictures. Stan Spry and Eric Woods serve as executive producers. Alicia Coppola directs from a script written by Erica Lane, Christina Kelly Holmes and Lydia Genner.
Thorne-Smith is repped by Paradigm Talent Agency and Joel Rudnick. Gregg is repped by Reel Talent Management and LA Talent. Coppola is represented by Leslie Allan-Rice Management and attorney Derek Kroger. Parks is represented by CGEM Talent, Artists United Agency and Attorney Mark Temple.
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