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EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime is developing a movie about the highly-publicized case of two couples involved in an IVF mix-up. Sony Pictures TV, which is producing the project, has acquired the rights to the story of Carolyn and Sean Savage and Shannon and Paul Morrell, who made headlines when a fertility clinic mistakenly implanted the Morrells’ embryo into Carolyn Savage. Savage went on to give birth to a baby boy, which was then given to the other couple.
Nancey Silvers, who most recently wrote Lifetime’s upcoming movie William and Kate, will write the telefilm, which is based on Carolyn and Sean Savage’s book Inconceivable, released today by Harper Collins, as well as Shannon and Paul Morrell’s book Misconception published last spring and released in paperback 2 weeks ago. The Savages were on the Today Show this morning promoting the book, and their case was also featured on Dateline NBC on Friday. Executive producing the movie are Alan Gasmer, Clark Peterson, Judith Verno, Ron Senkowski and Mary Martin.
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I’ve been watching this on dateline. Perfect for lifetime.
“highly publicized”? This is the first I’m hearing of it.
The couple who wrote Inconceivable are creepy! Thank god we are glorifying them with a movie. As if Dateline wasnt enough.
I saw the story on Dateline and thought it would be sappy, but it was actually gripping. Lifetime’s demo should fit perfectly with it.
The Alan Gasmer Experience!!
I cannot imagine a worse nightmare. This story is universal. Yes they seem to be publicity hounds or wanting the 15 minutes to never end, but the story is captivating. A rich woman carried a baby for a working class couple, a reverse of what we mostly hear about. Never heard of Mary Martin though. She was the ghost writer?
Silvers writes with class and dignity for these movies that without her deft hand could be pretty borderline. She’s an unsung hero of these projects if you ask me. These movies are guilty pleasure. She makes them quite resonant. Glad to have this chance to say brava.
If Silvers writes it I will watch. Her stuff is always a cut above the other Lifetime trash. I teach several of her films in my human behavior classes at high school. Her work on teens is tremendous. She must have some herself she takes on their behavior without judging them.
I think the Savages are inspirational. They are not afraid to be honest. I’m really glad this will be a Lifetime movie.
So glad to see Silvers getting some love here. I admit to these movies being guilty pleasure for my daughter and her friends. The ones written by Silvers are a always a cut above with some redeeming social value. Lifetime never supports writers. They fired the creator of Army Wives. They barely mention writers at the TCA’s. It’s a bizarre culture. The star is always the network.
I have not heard of these people – but I do seem to remember a TV movie from some years back about an embryo switching scandal in California (Irving?) involving some people named Chandler or Challenger? Also based on a true event – remember it really shook me up when I saw it.
I’m sick of hearing about them. What they did was selfless but they’re using their story to make a buck (a lot of bucks). Give it a rest already.
im glad they are getting there story out there i just hope it isn’t streched to much..