In honor of Loretta Lynns 87th birthday,EWis sharing the first image from the upcoming Lifetime moviePatsy & Loretta.
The film starsMegan HiltyofSmashfame as Patsy Cline andJessie Mueller, who won a Tony award for her portrayal of Carole King on Broadway inBeautiful, as Lynn.
The movie aims to tell the story of the friendship between the two country music legends, which ended with Clines untimely death in a plane crash in 1963.
Credit: Lifetime
The photo depicts the two stars on stage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, aka the Mother Church of country music.
(Coincidentally,Lynn was recently fetedright down the street from the Ryman for her birthday, complete with Keith Urban jumping out of a birthday cake.)
Patsy & Lorettamarks the first project from veteran executive producer Neil Meron (Hairspray, Chicago, Smash) since the passing of his longtime partner Craig Zadan and is directed by Callie Khouri who knows a thing or two about both country music, as executive producer ofNashvilleand female friendships, as an Oscar winner for her screenplay forThelma & Louise.
Both Lynns daughter Patsy Lynn Russell and Clines daughter Julie Fudge serve as producers and have been by to visit filming.
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