Hulu Orders Sherri Papini Kidnapping Hoax Documentary From ‘Britney vs. Spears’ Director (Exclusive)
Hulu has ordered a new documentary series on the Sherri Papini disappearance story, Variety has learned.
Hailing from filmmakers Erin Lee Carr, Michael Beach Nichols, and Marwar Junction Productions, the limited series dives into “the six-year journey of Sherri Papini’s disappearance to her arrest and the ripple effect of the case felt across the nation,” per Hulu.
Sherri Papini was 34 years old when she disappeared from a rural neighborhood in Northern California which catapulted her family — including her husband, Keith Papini — at the center of a global news story as they waited for answers. Suddenly, after 22 days of searching, Sherri was found alive. Burned and battered, with a metal chain tied around her waist, she claimed that she’d been kidnapped at gunpoint and had been tortured for three weeks by her captors.
Six years after her disappearance, Sherri Papini began serving 18 months in prison for lying to the FBI about her kidnapping.
Hailing from filmmakers Erin Lee Carr, Michael Beach Nichols, and Marwar Junction Productions, the limited series dives into “the six-year journey of Sherri Papini’s disappearance to her arrest and the ripple effect of the case felt across the nation,” per Hulu.
Sherri Papini was 34 years old when she disappeared from a rural neighborhood in Northern California which catapulted her family — including her husband, Keith Papini — at the center of a global news story as they waited for answers. Suddenly, after 22 days of searching, Sherri was found alive. Burned and battered, with a metal chain tied around her waist, she claimed that she’d been kidnapped at gunpoint and had been tortured for three weeks by her captors.
Six years after her disappearance, Sherri Papini began serving 18 months in prison for lying to the FBI about her kidnapping.
- 7/25/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
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Saturday, January 28
8/7c Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Are you ready for the wildest story of Missing White Woman Syndrome backfiring in a spectacularly unbelievable way?
This Ripped from the Headlines story explores how a mother of two goes missing in 2016, gaining national attention and having true crime aficionados captivated, only for Sherri’s incredible return home after an “abduction” to not be as she recalls.
You’ll want to tune in...
If you love sci-fi, there's The Ark on Syfy from Dean Devlin. Or maybe you need a good drama? Apple TV+ has Dear Edward.
Then again, you could be in the mood to see a worldwide phenonoman own her narrative. If so, then Pamela, A Love Story is for you. Check out all of the shows we recommend you watch this week.
Saturday, January 28
8/7c Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Are you ready for the wildest story of Missing White Woman Syndrome backfiring in a spectacularly unbelievable way?
This Ripped from the Headlines story explores how a mother of two goes missing in 2016, gaining national attention and having true crime aficionados captivated, only for Sherri’s incredible return home after an “abduction” to not be as she recalls.
You’ll want to tune in...
- 1/28/2023
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
The stranger-than-fiction story of Sherri Papini has received the Lifetime movie treatment. The tale of a California mom who staged her own kidnapping is dramatized in Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini, which premieres Jan. 28.
In the movie, Jaime King plays Papini, an overwhelmed mom of two who vanished mysteriously while out for a jog. Eventually, she resurfaced, claiming she’d been snatched off the street by two Hispanic women. But after investigators eventually realized that Papini had orchestrated her own abduction, she ended up being the one charged with a crime.
Sherri Papini’s kidnapping hoax led to a prison sentence Jaime King in ‘Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini’ | Lifetime
Papini disappeared in November 2016 near her home in Redding, Calif. She reappeared 22 days later, spinning a tale of how she’d been kidnapped, held captive, and even branded by two Hispanic women. Law enforcement officers spent significant time...
In the movie, Jaime King plays Papini, an overwhelmed mom of two who vanished mysteriously while out for a jog. Eventually, she resurfaced, claiming she’d been snatched off the street by two Hispanic women. But after investigators eventually realized that Papini had orchestrated her own abduction, she ended up being the one charged with a crime.
Sherri Papini’s kidnapping hoax led to a prison sentence Jaime King in ‘Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini’ | Lifetime
Papini disappeared in November 2016 near her home in Redding, Calif. She reappeared 22 days later, spinning a tale of how she’d been kidnapped, held captive, and even branded by two Hispanic women. Law enforcement officers spent significant time...
- 1/28/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Lifetime is expanding its slate of ripped-from-the-headlines movies, and the cabler has locked in some big stars for the latest projects.
The new flicks will focus on "notorious women" and will premiere early next year.
First up is How to Murder Your Husband, premiering on January 14 at 8/7c.
The flick is headlined by Cybill Shepherd and Steve Guttenberg.
"Based on a true story, Nancy Crampton-Brophy (Shepherd), seemed to have a knack for writing about murder," Lifetime describes.
"The Portland-based romance-thriller novelist authored books about relationships that were tumultuous, while using seductive men on the covers to lure in her readers."
"Often, her books featured women protagonists who fantasized about killing their own husbands or fleeing their husbands and faking their own deaths."
"And then, in 2022 in a shocking turn of events, Brophy was convicted of killing her own husband."
Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias launches the following week on Saturday,...
The new flicks will focus on "notorious women" and will premiere early next year.
First up is How to Murder Your Husband, premiering on January 14 at 8/7c.
The flick is headlined by Cybill Shepherd and Steve Guttenberg.
"Based on a true story, Nancy Crampton-Brophy (Shepherd), seemed to have a knack for writing about murder," Lifetime describes.
"The Portland-based romance-thriller novelist authored books about relationships that were tumultuous, while using seductive men on the covers to lure in her readers."
"Often, her books featured women protagonists who fantasized about killing their own husbands or fleeing their husbands and faking their own deaths."
"And then, in 2022 in a shocking turn of events, Brophy was convicted of killing her own husband."
Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias launches the following week on Saturday,...
- 11/15/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Jennifer Grey is the latest actress to don the big hair to play cult-like figure Gwen Shamblin on television.
The Dirty Dancing star will play the controversial religious leader and Christian diet guru in a Lifetime movie – Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation.
It comes after Deadline revealed that Sarah Paulson is also attached to star as Shamblin in a scripted adaptation of docuseries The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin, which is in the works at HBO Max.
Shamblin, who rose to fame with her Weigh Down Workshop, a Christian-based diet program, and founded the Remnant Fellowship Church. She was a charismatic figure with a carefully curated image who was accused of emotional, psychological and physical abuse and exploitation for the church’s alleged cult-like practices.
Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation will launch on Lifetime on Saturday February 4 2023.
Shamblin, who had a larger-than-life public persona...
The Dirty Dancing star will play the controversial religious leader and Christian diet guru in a Lifetime movie – Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation.
It comes after Deadline revealed that Sarah Paulson is also attached to star as Shamblin in a scripted adaptation of docuseries The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin, which is in the works at HBO Max.
Shamblin, who rose to fame with her Weigh Down Workshop, a Christian-based diet program, and founded the Remnant Fellowship Church. She was a charismatic figure with a carefully curated image who was accused of emotional, psychological and physical abuse and exploitation for the church’s alleged cult-like practices.
Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation will launch on Lifetime on Saturday February 4 2023.
Shamblin, who had a larger-than-life public persona...
- 11/15/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lifetime has given a green light to How To Murder Your Husband, one of the network’s new Ripped from the Headlines movies announced today, starring Cybill Shepherd (The Client List) and Steve Guttenberg. It’s slated for premiere on Saturday, January 14 at 8 pm/7c.
The project marks Shepherd’s return to Lifetime following her previous starring role in The Client List and a guest-starring role on Drop Dead Diva.
Based on a true story, the movie revolves around Nancy Crampton-Brophy, played by Shepherd, who seemed to have a knack for writing about murder. The Portland-based romance-thriller novelist authored books about relationships that were tumultuous, while using seductive men on the covers to lure in her readers. Often, her books featured women protagonists who fantasized about killing their own husbands or fleeing their husbands and faking their own deaths. And then, in 2022 in a shocking turn of events,...
The project marks Shepherd’s return to Lifetime following her previous starring role in The Client List and a guest-starring role on Drop Dead Diva.
Based on a true story, the movie revolves around Nancy Crampton-Brophy, played by Shepherd, who seemed to have a knack for writing about murder. The Portland-based romance-thriller novelist authored books about relationships that were tumultuous, while using seductive men on the covers to lure in her readers. Often, her books featured women protagonists who fantasized about killing their own husbands or fleeing their husbands and faking their own deaths. And then, in 2022 in a shocking turn of events,...
- 11/15/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Sherri Papini has learned of her fate. More than five months after the mom of two pled guilty to one count of lying to a federal officer and one count of mail fraud in connection with her 2016 kidnapping case, Papini has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Papini's time in prison will be followed by 36 months of supervised release, with Papini being ordered to pay 309,902 in restitution for "losses incurred by the California Victim Compensation Board, the Social Security Administration, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation," noted a press release issued from the Eastern District of California's State Attorney's Office. In 2016, Papini was...
- 9/19/2022
- E! Online
Sherri Papini, the California woman whose three-week disappearance became national news and sparked a major search effort before she reappeared on Thanksgiving Day in 2016, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for faking her own abduction. Papini’s priosn time will be followed by 36 months supervised release, and a federal judge ordered her to surrender by Nov. 8. Although Papini, 40, faced a maximum of 25 years in prison and a fine up to 500,000 for the charges against her, federal prosecutors had recommended just eight months in prison ahead of her sentencing. Papini’s lawyer,...
- 9/19/2022
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Hln has lined up a trio of topical true-crime specials that will examine the cases of Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell, Sherri Papini and Gabby Petito.
“She weaponized sexuality,” we hear of Maxwell in a promo for the first one, Sex Ring Secrets: Exposing Jeffrey Epstein (watch it below). Set to air August 15, the two-hour show exposes her as the mastermind behind the recruiting and grooming of young girls for Epstein, who died in jail while awaiting trial in 2019. It features interviews with Epstein accusers Alicia Arden and Jennifer Araoz, reports from people who were inside the courtroom during Maxwell’s trial and shocking details following the trial uncovering death threats on Maxwell. She was convicted on five sex-related felony counts late last year and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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“She weaponized sexuality,” we hear of Maxwell in a promo for the first one, Sex Ring Secrets: Exposing Jeffrey Epstein (watch it below). Set to air August 15, the two-hour show exposes her as the mastermind behind the recruiting and grooming of young girls for Epstein, who died in jail while awaiting trial in 2019. It features interviews with Epstein accusers Alicia Arden and Jennifer Araoz, reports from people who were inside the courtroom during Maxwell’s trial and shocking details following the trial uncovering death threats on Maxwell. She was convicted on five sex-related felony counts late last year and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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- 8/1/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The husband of Sherri Papini, the Northern California woman who faked her own kidnapping in 2016, has filed for divorce and custody of the couple’s two children, court records show. Papini, 39, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and making false statements in court Monday. She appeared virtually in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern […]
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- 4/24/2022
- by Hannah Kim
- Uinterview
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