As odd as it may seem, the Amish are just about the hottest commodity on television right now, and Lifetime looks to get in on the action with the movie Expecting Amish premiering July 19.
The movie tells the story of an 18-year-old Amish girl named Hannah Yoder (above — played by AJ Michalka) who heads to Hollywood for Rumspringa and finds love (and apparently a dash of lust) there with a DJ named Josh (played by Jesse McCartney). When Hannah returns home to inform her family she plans on leaving, she finds out she has even more shocking news — she’s pregnant!
^ Hannah (Michalka) and Josh (McCartney) having a Rumspringa fling
Here’s an extended preview trailer in the form of a montage video posted on director Richard Gabai’s website:
There are some scenes with Hannah and her friends in Hollywood from the clip that look straight out of Breaking Amish: LA, only with much better acting. đ And speaking of which, I LOVE this photo of what I assume is the Rumspringa posse arriving in Hollywood:
Here are some more promotional photos from the movie as well as Lifetime’s official synopsis:
18-year-old Hannah Yoder is ready to become an Amish adult – which means baptism into the Church, and marriage to her boyfriend Samuel. But her friends convince her to go on Rumspringa in Hollywood where she wears jeans and makeup for the first time and begins to think for herself, making her own decisions. She meets Josh, a DJ, and the two click instantly becoming inseparable. On their last night together, Hannah confides that she doesnât want to be baptized and wants to stay in LA – but she has to go home to tell her family. When she returns to Amish country, Hannah learns she is pregnant and must make the painful choice of staying with Samuel and raising the baby as his, or return to Josh and risk being shunned forever!
Expecting Amish premieres Saturday, July 19, at 8/7c on Lifetime.
