Terry McMillan will reteam with Lela Rochon and Loretta Devine on the upcoming Lifetime movie Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love.
The network unveiled the title of the film and the main cast in a press release on Thursday, June 20.
Garcelle Beauvais headlines the project and executive produces as part of her extended partnership with Lifetime.
Beauvais (Black Girl Missing, Spider-Man: Homecoming) plays “Ava,” a chef who falls for a much-younger man.
Vaughn W. Hebron (The Game: Reboot, King Richard) co-stars as her love interest “Luke,” and serves as a producer on the film.
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Donna Biscoe (Reasonable Doubt, Saints and Sinners) also stars.
Emmy Award winner Loretta Devine (P-Valley, Family Reunion) and Lela Rochon (Any Given Sunday, The Family Business: New Orleans), who both previously had roles in McMillan’s Waiting to Exhale, reunite in the Lifetime drama.
McMillan is best known for her novels-turned-films, How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale.
The new Lifetime movie is the first tile under the author’s partnership with the network to executive produce original movies centering on the love and lives of African American women.
In Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love, “Ava (Beauvais), a world-class renowned chef living in Europe, rushes home to care for her elderly aunt (Biscoe) in South Carolina after she suffers from a fall. Picked up from the long flight by Luke (Hebron), a handsome driver 20-years her junior, the pair feel an unexpected, yet passionate connection.”
Taliah Breon directs from a script written by Tamara T. Gregory.
The movie is executive produced by D’Angela Proctor for Undaunted Content in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment. McMillan and Beauvais executive produce. Richard Foster and Chet Fenster are also executive producers for GroupM Motion Entertainment.
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love premieres Saturday, Aug. 17 at 8/7c.
The image above shows (Clockwise top L-R) Loretta Devine, Donna Biscoe, Terry McMillan, Lela Rochon, Vaughn W. Hebron and Garcelle Beauvais.
