Details
Union:
Union
Area of media:
MOW
Network:
Lifetime
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
ACTRA scale plus 75% advance
Deadline:
July 29, 2025
Shooting starts:
Aug 14, 2025
Shooting finishes:
Aug 29, 2025
Shooting locations:
Winnipeg, MB
Cities for response:
Winnipeg
Comments
This film will shoot 12-13 days mid-end of August in Winnipeg, MB
Storyline
Lauren’s idyllic suburban life is shattered when her husband is kidnapped and his anonymous captors give her a strange ultimatum: she must kill Madeline, the next-door neighbour that Lauren despises.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Lauren Hickland | Female 25 - 35 Years old |
Description All-American, smart, and resourceful event planner who finds herself in a spiralling crisis when her husband is kidnapped and she’s ordered to kill her neighbour. Calm under pressure, quick on her feet, and increasingly unhinged as she plans a fake murder to save her husband. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Madeline Jankowski | Female 32 - 45 Years old |
Description Lauren’s neighbor and nemesis. Fussy, aggressive, HOA-obsessed (homeowners association), and deeply unpleasant. Beneath her caustic exterior lies vulnerability and heartbreak stemming from the mysterious disappearance of her husband. Ends up an unlikely ally to Lauren. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Tom Hickland | Male 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Lauren’s husband, clean-cut, confident, and well-liked. A rising attorney with political ambitions. He’s devoted to Lauren and his career. His sudden kidnapping sets the entire plot in motion. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Estelle Hickland | Female 55 - 70 Years old |
Description Tom’s mother. Overbearing, opinionated, and controlling, especially toward Lauren. Obsessed with Tom’s career and status. Constantly offers unsolicited advice and comparisons to Tom’s ex. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Robin | Female 25 - 40 Years old |
Description Bubbly and clueless president of the HOA (homeowners association). Runs a low-level lifestyle podcast and tries to mediate neighbourhood conflict badly. Often says the wrong thing at the wrong time and carries her own dark secrets. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Detective Trumball | Male 45 - 60 Years old |
Description A sharp, no-nonsense detective with a dry wit and a weary energy. He’s been around long enough to spot lies and inconsistencies, and he knows when someone’s holding something back. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | Jay | Male 40 - 50 Years old |
Description Madeline’s-brother-in-law. Gruff and antagonistic. Has a tense relationship with Madeline and seems to have a motive for revenge or violence, possibly connected to Wade's disappearance. | ||