Los Angeles: Actors Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig have scrapped their secret Lifetime movie after news of the project leaked online Wednesday night.
"We are deeply disappointed that our planned top secret project was made public," Ferrell said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly.
"Kristen and I have decided it is in the best interest for everyone to forego the project entirely, and we thank Lifetime and all the people who were ready to help us make this film."
The two-hour film was titled "A Deadly Adoption" and slated to air this summer. The idea was to release a quasi-parody of the soapy thrillers Lifetime is well known for.
Part of Lifetime's 25th anniversary celebration of its movie franchise, the project was called a "high-stakes dramatic thriller" about husband (Ferrell) and wife (Wiig) who take in and care for a woman (Jessica Lowndes) in the final months of her pregnancy with the aim of adopting the baby, only to have the situation spiral dangerously out of control. The project was executive produced by Ferrell and Adam McKay.
