The Meagan Good thriller "Death Saved My Life." is being added to Lifetime's Ripped From the Headlines" franchise, according to reports.
Starring Good as Jade, who seems to have it all: a successful marketing career, a husband who's admired and respected in the community and a daughter they both love. But behind closed doors, her life is far from idyllic. Her husband Ed (Chiké Okonkwo) is a controlling man who is physically and psychologically abusive. When Jade decides to leave Ed he tells her, "If I can't have you, nobody will," a threat which becomes very real when she discovers he has hired someone to kill her. Knowing no one will believe her, Jade realizes the only way to escape Ed is to make him believe the hitman completed the job and that she is dead. Meagan's sister, La'Myia Good plays Jade's sister Leigh in the made for TV film.
The film is set to premiere next year on the network.
