When Does Sea Change Come On Lifetime

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Getty Maria Dizzia stars in Lifetime's Sea Change.

The new Lifetime motion-picture show brings another YA novel to life. Aimee Friedman'south Ocean Change is the ground for tonight's motion picture. Starring newcomer Emily Rudd, the film debuts at viii:00 p.chiliad. ET on Sunday, September 17. Read on for a preview and to run across the cast.

Sea Change tells the story of Miranda Merchant (Rudd), who heads back to the seemingly perfect New England island her estranged mother Amelia (Maria Dizzia) lives on. She soon meets TJ (Keenan Tracey), a member of a wealthy family, and bad boy Leo (Skyler Maxon), who is office of the working class. She also learns about the mysterious half-human, one-half-body of water fauna Seawalkers and her family's surprising link to them. OF course, information technology is non based on a true story.

Lifetime originally planned to adapt Sea Change equally a serial, but eventually chose to go far a two-hour pic instead. Dorsum in June 2016, Deadline reported that Lifetime acquired Friedman'due south book with plans to make a airplane pilot. Friedman told Barnes & Noble that a producer contacted her about turning the book into a Tv set serial or movie back in 2009, equally information technology was being published.

"I don't accept any official say or approval; generally, in one case you sign an option understanding, your book infant becomes their movie/TV infant," Friedman told B&Northward. "And I totally become that! Information technology'south a different medium and I'm happy to hand the reins over to the experts. Only it was amazing to be able to read the script and see what was changed in the story and what stayed the aforementioned. And of course I loved finding out well-nigh each thespian they bandage…and I have to say, the casting was perfect."

Run across the main cast for Sea Modify.

Emily Rudd every bit Miranda Merchant

Bounding main Change is the commencement project ever for Emily Rudd. Although she is a newcomer, Friedman told B&North that Rudd was perfect for the role. She'll next star in a pilot called Olive Forever. You can follow her on Instagram.

"When I met Emily Rudd, the actress playing Miranda (the protagonist), I basically cried—she looked exactly equally I pictured Miranda in my head when I wrote the volume, all those years ago," Friedman said. "I retrieve that was the craziest affair, seeing these characters I dreamed upwards truly come to life."

Maria Dizzia as Amelia

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GettyMaria Dizzia plays Amelia in Sea Modify.

Maria Dizzia plays Amelia, Miranda'southward estranged mother. Dizzia is best known for her roles in the films Martha Marcy May Marlene, While Nosotros're Young, Truthful Story and Margin Call. Tv fans volition recognize her as Polly Harper in Netflix'south Orange Is The New Black. She also appeared in episodes of Royal Pains, 12 Reasons Why and Horace and Pete. You lot can follow her on Instagram.

Keenan Tracey as TJ

Keenan Tracey plays TJ in Sea Change. He is best known for his role as Gunner on A&Due east's Bates Cabin. He also starred in The 100, The Returned and an episode of Supernatural. Tracey recently appeared in the Lifetime movie Deadly Sorority. You lot can detect him on Instagram here.

Skyler Maxon every bit Leo

Sykler Maxon plays bad boy Leo in Sea Alter. He starred in Faking It as Knuckles Lewis Jr. in nine episodes from 2014 to 2015. You can also observe Maxon in episodes of 90210, Major Crimes, Teen Wold, NCIS and CSI. Before this year, he was in Killer App with Ashley Rickards. He is on Instagram.

PREMIERE Engagement: Sunday, September 17, 2017

TIME: 8 p.chiliad. ET

OTHER AIRINGS:
Mon, September eighteen at 12:02 a.1000. ET

CHANNEL: Lifetime (To find out what channel Lifetime is for you, click hither to go to TVGuide.com and change your provider under "TV Listings.")

PLOT: "A teen moves in with her estranged mother on an island, where a local legend claims that half-human bounding main creatures inhabit the surface area."

CREDITS:
Directed by Chris Grismer
Written by Adam Giaudrone & Luz Sczudlo
Based on the novel by Aimee Freidman
Executive Producers: Sharon Bordas, Adam Fratto, David MacLeod, Shawn Piller, Lloyd Segan, Fernando Szew
Consulting Producers: Alec Chorches, Steven Gilder
Co-Executive Producer: Stephanie Slack
Production Companies: Piller Squared/The Segan Company