The long road between what inspired “Sacred Lies” and its less-than-inspiring final version is paved with tons of enticing connections. It all began with Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s “The Handless Maiden,” whose Brothers Grimm fairy tale became Stephanie Oakes’ teen lit novel, “The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly.” The story of a young woman who escapes a cult — and just so happens to be mysteriously missing her hands — proved enticing to producer and showrunner Raelle Tucker, whose family was part of the Rajneesh movement during the 1970s — the same cult depicted in Netflix’s Emmy-nominated docuseries “Wild Wild Country.”
From there, even more encouraging pieces clicked into place. Jason Blum and his TV production unit at Blumhouse came on board, along with cast members like Elena Kampouris (“Before I Fall”), Kevin Carroll (“The Leftovers”), and Toby Huss (“Halt and Catch Fire”). Facebook Watch imposed its 30-minute time limit on episodes,...
From there, even more encouraging pieces clicked into place. Jason Blum and his TV production unit at Blumhouse came on board, along with cast members like Elena Kampouris (“Before I Fall”), Kevin Carroll (“The Leftovers”), and Toby Huss (“Halt and Catch Fire”). Facebook Watch imposed its 30-minute time limit on episodes,...
- 7/28/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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