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Ferrell, Wiig will be unlikely Lifetime movie stars

FILE - In this Monday, March 16, 2015 file photo, Will Ferrell walks the red carpet for the world premiere of "Get Hard" during the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Odd as it seems, Ferrell and Kristen Wiig are joining the ranks of Lifetime movie stars. The channel said Thursday, April 2, 2015, they play a couple who befriend a pregnant woman in hopes of adopting her child. The film is titled “A Deadly Adoption.” (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this Monday, March 16, 2015 file photo, Will Ferrell walks the red carpet for the world premiere of "Get Hard" during the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Odd as it seems, Ferrell and Kristen Wiig are joining the ranks of Lifetime movie stars. The channel said Thursday, April 2, 2015, they play a couple who befriend a pregnant woman in hopes of adopting her child. The film is titled “A Deadly Adoption.” (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Odd as it seems, Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig are joining the ranks of Lifetime movie stars.

The channel said Thursday they play a couple who befriend a pregnant woman in hopes of adopting her child. The film’s ominous title is “A Deadly Adoption.”

The actors and former “Saturday Night Live” stars are unlikely actors for the Lifetime movie franchise, which tends to strike a serious tone.

Ferrell and Wiig appeared together in the big-screen movie “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” playing it strictly for laughs.

Lifetime has kept “A Deadly Adoption” under wraps but says it already has been taped. A debut date hasn’t been announced, but the channel is aiming for early summer.