Lifetime’s original movie Lizzie Borden Took An Axe (starring Christina Ricci as the notorious maybe-axe-murderer) was a huge success for the network last January, premiering to well over 4.3 million viewers and taking home the honor of the most-tweeted program of the night across all of television. In April Ricci will reprise her role as…
After Lizzie Borden took an ax, she didn’t just retire to a quiet life… Lifetime’s new limited series Lizzie Borden: The Fall River Chronicles, starring Christina Ricci, will shed light on her later year — which were marked by more mysterious deaths.
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Tonight is the world premiere of Lifetime’s much-anticipated movie Lizzie Borden Took An Ax inspired by the world’s most infamous female ax murderer and starring Christina Ricci in the title role. Despite her infamy, however, Lizzie Borden was actually acquitted of the brutal slaying of her father and stepmother after her headline-grabbing trial in 1893. Even so, many still believe she did the dirty deed. Keep reading for info about the murders and the trial and decide for yourself if Lizzie deserves her infamously gothic nursery rhyme:
Lizzie Borden took an ax
And gave her mother forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one.
Watch the first preview trailer for the Lifetime Original Movie Lizzie Borden Took An Ax starring Christina Ricci! The movie will premiere January 25, one week after the network’s other high-profile goth film venture, a take on V. C. Andrews’ hugely popular novel Flowers In the Attic starring Heather Graham, Ellen Burstyn and Mad Men‘s Kiernan Shipka.
It was announced earlier this year that actress Christina Ricci, no stranger to dark and gothic roles, had been axed to take on the role of accused 19th-century murderer Lizzie Borden in an upcoming original Lifetime movie, and earlier today the network officially announced details about the project — including a premiere date!
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Christina Ricci was spotted sporting a new, pixie haircut while running errands in Los Angeles, Wednesday. She looked cute and casual in jeans, a mint-green cardigan, and a flash of red nails. Ricci has recently become a spokesperson for the rape awareness organization RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network), founded by Tori Amos. She’s…
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