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Sigourney Weaver Offers Prayers for Bobby
Variety reports Sigourney Weaver will co-produce and star in Prayers for Bobby, about a conservative woman whose gay son takes his own life.The Lifetime movie is based on Leroy Aarons' 1995 book (shop Amazon) that depicts the true story of a family's opposition to their son's homosexuality. Weaver's character questions her stance against her son's sexual choices after he falls into a deep depression and eventually commits suicide.Russell Mulcahy — who directed Showtime's Queer as Folk — will call the shots on the Lifetime telepic. — J.R. Whalen
Variety reports
Sigourney Weaver will co-produce and star in
Prayers for Bobby, about a conservative woman whose gay son takes his own life.
The Lifetime movie is based on Leroy Aarons' 1995 book (
shop Amazon) that depicts the true story of a family's opposition to their son's homosexuality. Weaver's character questions her stance against her son's sexual choices after he falls into a deep depression and eventually commits suicide.
Russell Mulcahy - who directed Showtime's
Queer as Folk - will call the shots on the Lifetime telepic. -
J.R. Whalen