V.C ANDREWS’ DAWN Releases Trailer

Lifetime expands their V. C. Andrews network universe with limited series V. C. Andrews’ Dawn.

Filmed between August and December of last year the Lifetime series adapts four books from the Dawn Cutler series. The limited series stars Brec Bassinger, Donna Mills, Jesse Metcalfe, Khobe Clarke, Frans Drescher, Joey McIntyre, Jason Cermak, Miranda Frigon, Elyse Maloway, Dane Schioler, Corey Woods and Helena Marie.

The network’s most recent limited V.C. series, Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, was seen by 10.6 million total viewers. It is ad-supported cable’s #1 new scripted series in calendar year 2022.

V. C. Andrews’ Dawn

The limited series airs weekly starting on Saturday 8 July at 8/7c.

Part 1: Dawn (Airing Saturday, July 8 at 8/7c)

Dawn follows the story of Dawn Longchamp (Bassinger). Growing up in humble surroundings with a very hardworking family including her devoted father Ormand (Metcalfe) and older brother Jimmy (Clarke). Suddenly everything she loves is ripped away from her. When she discovers a shocking truth about the people who raised her, 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. She 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 inescapable curse looms over the Cutlers.

Part 2: Secrets of the Morning (Airing Saturday, July 15 at 8/7c)

After disturbing details of Dawn’s (Bassinger) come out, she finally has the upper hand with her grandmother Lilian (Mills) and orchestrates her move to New York City to attend the best performing arts school. While residing in a boarding house run by headmistress and aging actress, Agnes Morris (Drescher), Dawn still dreams about Jimmy and the anguished secrets they share. But when Michael Sutton (McIntyre) arrives—a new teacher and Broadway star, he sets his sights on Dawn. Dawn falls under his seductive spell but when he suddenly disappears, Dawn is once again at the mercy of her grandmother’s twisted schemes.

Part 3: Twilight’s Child (Saturday, July 22 at 8/7c)

After being reunited with Jimmy, Dawn is finally free and blissfully happy as Mrs. Longchamp, a wife and mother to her beautiful baby girl, Christie. When Dawn becomes the rightful owner of Cutler’s Cove Hotel, she’s able to turn the business around but can’t seem to escape her grandmother presence and can feel her vengeance from the grave. When Dawn discovers that her brother Philip is still obsessed with her and her spiteful sister Clara’s rage explodes into violence, threatening Dawn’s dream once again.

Part 4: Midnight Whispers (Saturday, July 29 at 8/7c)

Though Dawn’s daughter Christie (Best) has grown up in a loving home. Christie can feel the dark presence over her and soon is engulfed by a tragic family death. As she looks for solace, she is further shocked to discover her Uncle Philip’s secrets. Fleeing to New York City, she finds her real father and turns to Jimmy’s stepbrother Gavin, who flees with her to The Meadows. The Meadows is the plantation where Christie was born… .but The Meadows has its own dark secrets. Will Christie finally unlock her families’ troubled past and escape the curse that has haunted them for decades?

Check out the Official Trailer below.

On July 8, preceding the premiere of V.C. Andrews’ Dawn, Lifetime will present special encore airings of Flowers in the Attic and the four-part limited series Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, starting at 11am/10c. Beginning on June 1, 18 previous V.C. Andrews movies and limited series will be available on MyLifetime.com, the Lifetime App and on demand. In addition, Lifetime Movie Club currently features titles from Lifetime’s full V.C. Andrews movie/series library. Available titles include:

• Flowers in the Attic
• Petals on the Wind
• If There Be Thorns
• Seeds of Yesterday
• My Sweet Audrina
• Heaven
• Dark Angel
• Fallen Hearts
• Gates of Paradise
• Web of Dreams
• Ruby
• Pearl in the Mist
• All That Glitters
• Hidden Jewel.

The Lifetime limited series, Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, will be available starting June 2.

SOURCE: thefutoncritic.com