Lifetime greenlights I Was Lorena Bobbitt biopic and Elizabeth Smart series Smart Justice

TheWrap

One year after participating in Amazon's Lorena docuseries, Lorena Bobbitt will serve as executive producer of her own Lifetime biopic. "Lorena Bobbitt became a household name and made tabloid headlines when after years of abuse by her husband, she cut off his penis with a knife in 1993," says Lifetime. "Now nearly 30 years later, Lorena tells her story, and hers alone, for the first time with Lifetime. This fully authorized film in which Bobbitt serves as an executive producer, follows her journey from a wide-eyed, immigrant bride to a battered wife into an unlikely media sensation. I Am Lorena Bobbitt also documents her ultimately emerging as a strong, thoughtful woman who has devoted her life to advocating for other abused women.” In Smart Justice, Smart -- who famously escaped her abductors after being kidnapped at age 14 -- will help victims "on their journey to healing," says Lifetime. "Each hour-long episode of Smart Justice will present real case evidence, including police video, crime scene materials, interrogation tapes and courtroom footage, as well as interviews with the actual victims, family members and others who will offer their first-hand recollections of the crimes. As a survivor of trauma herself, Elizabeth will elicit new information on each case, as she takes viewers through all the twists and turns of these horrific stories.”