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Lifetime orders Simone Biles biopic and a TV movie starring Toni Braxton

By Karen Butler
Gymnast Simone Biles attends Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Sports Awards 2017 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on July 13. Lifetime is working on a TV movie about the Olympian's life. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
1 of 3 | Gymnast Simone Biles attends Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Sports Awards 2017 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on July 13. Lifetime is working on a TV movie about the Olympian's life. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

July 29 (UPI) -- Lifetime says it has renewed UnREAL for a fourth season and ordered Season 2 of Mary Kills People.

The announcement was made Friday by Liz Gateley, the cable network's executive vice president and head of programming.

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Also on Lifetime's schedule is the psychological thriller You starring Penn Badgley and Elizabeth Lail, as well as The Simone Biles Story and Toni Braxton's TV movie Faith Under Fire.

"It's an exciting time for all women when a female-directed movie, featuring a female superhero, tops the summer box office," Gateley said. "In television, Lifetime is the top tier destination for hiring female writers, directors and producers and we continue to celebrate the everyday, real-life heroes in our programming."

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