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Lifetime will tear through three “Ripped From the Headlines” films this September.

The network has set consecutive debuts for Saturdays in September for (working title) A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story starring Keana Lyn Bastidas, Jon McLaren and veteran star Marilu Henner on Sept. 13; The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson starring Sam Trammell, Ashley Jones, Brielle Robillard and Steve Byers on Sept. 20; and I Was a Child Bride: the Courtney Stodden Story starring Holly J. Barrett as Stodden, Doug Savant as her actor husband Doug Hutchinson, and Maggie Lawson as Stodden’s mother, Krista, on Sept. 27.

Lifetime confirmed the below details on the three projects, all of which were inspired by true life tales.

A Husband To Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story

A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story casts Bastidas as the title character, a newly-married “bright and loving woman” who is...

Although Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas adventure movie The Christmas Quest is not premiering until Sunday, December 1, there are already hints that the Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha movie will get a sequel. This is an Indiana Jones–Romancing The Stone type of movie that lends itself to more.

What does this Hallmark dream team say about that possibility and where would they like to film next?

Photo: Kristoffer Polaha, Bergur Þór Ingólfsson, Lacey Chabert Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Eva Rut Hjaltadottir What Is Lacey Chabert & Kristoffer Polaha’s The Christmas Quest About?

One of the most highly anticipated Hallmark Christmas movies this season is The Christmas Quest. This stars Hallmark’s Queen of Christmas Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha. They play ex-spouses Stefanie and Chase.

She is an archaeologist and he is an expert on Old Norse languages. Stefanie has just discovered something that her late mother devoted her life to.

Kristoffer Polaha was preparing for his latest Hallmark rom-com before he even got the role. In A Winning Team, premiering on Saturday, March 18, he plays a coach who clashes with a professional soccer player, Emily (Nadia Hatta), who accidentally injures him then steps in to help lead the team (including her niece) to the playoffs. And, of course, along the way they just (will) find love. Polaha previews the film, including why it came at the perfect time. For all the Hallmark movies you’ve done, there aren’t as many non-Christmas rom-coms on the list as I expected. What drew you to this one? Kristoffer Polaha: Honestly, it was the timing. It was perfect timing for me to get to work. And you’re right, I haven’t done a lot of non-Christmas movies other than the mysteries. I think it was Dater’s Handbook and Pearl in Paradise, right?...

Kristoffer Polaha has been a staple on the small screen since 2001, starring in such series as “Life Unexpected,” “Backstrom” and “Condor.” More recently he joined the Hallmark family with holiday movies (“Rocky Mountain Christmas”) and mysteries (“Pearl in Paradise”) and going forward will add even more of films to his plate. This month he can be seen in the Tim Tebow-produced “Run the Race” and next year he will boast being a part of Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman 1984.”

What drew you to “Run the Race”?

The call came two years ago. This movie was made back in the fall of 2016 and the director is a guy named Chris Dowling who directed “Where Hope Grows” [which I starred in in 2014]. He called me up and said, “Hey, we have a last minute thing, can you come and pinch hit for us?” And I said, “Of course I can.” My son just loves Tim Tebow...