‘Saved by the Bell’ Movie to Air on Lifetime

[Wang Chung]

Whitney FriedlanderNews Editor, Variety.com@loislane79

Fans of Bayside High School should be so excited for Labor Day.

Lifetime*has set that Monday as its premiere date for “The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story.†The TV movie promises to go behind the scenes of the popular Saturday morning teen soap that made household names out of Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Elizabeth Berkley and others.

Fittingly, original series*casting director*Robin Lippin was tapped to*find modern-day equivalents in Dylan Everett (who will play Gosselaar and his on-screen persona, Zack Morris), Sam Kindseth (Dustin Diamond/Screech), Julian Works (Lopez/A.C. Slater), Alyssa Lynch (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen/Kelly Kapowski), Tiera Skovbye (Berkley/Jessie Sapano) and Taylor Russell McKenzie (Lark Voorhies/Lisa Turtle).

“The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story†is produced by Front Street Pictures and Ringaling Productions Ltd. for broadcast on Lifetime. Exec*producers*are Harvey Kahn (“Flowers in the Atticâ€) and Stephen Bulka (“Dear Mom, Love Cherâ€). The film is directed by Jason Lapeyre (“Restless Virginsâ€) and the teleplay is written by Ron McGee (“The Nine Lives of Chole Kingâ€).

“Saved by the Bell†ran from 1989 to 1993 on NBC and grew out of the Hayley Mills-starring “Good Morning, Miss Bliss.†Spinoffs included “Saved by the Bell: The College Years†and “Saved by the Bell: The New Class.â€

This isn’t the first time the cast of has been brought into the spotlight. An (authorized) cast reunion was a major mission of*Jimmy Fallon’s during his early “Late Nightâ€*years and People magazine also*orchestrated a reunion in 2009.

“The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story†will air at 9 p.m. September

Well I hope this is decent and sheds some light in what was going on in the back that we already knew what was going on.

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[Castiel]

Weirdly extremely interested in this.

 

[Swinny]

I thought it would be a documentary sort of thing, but it's an actual movie with people playing them? Hm... interesting. I'll watch.

 

[Castiel]

So there's the cast... I guess they'll do.

 

[Swinny]

Is it just me or is A.C. Slater a little dark?

 

[Castiel]

AND NOT JACKED

 

[Swinny]

AND NOT JACKED

: That too.

 

[Starlight]

And screech is actually cute. A total upgrade.

 

[Wang Chung]

So we should do a saved by the Bell movie LD.

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[Lover Boy]

I need to see this so badly.

 

[Castiel]

So we should do a saved by the Bell movie LD.

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I'm so down.

 

[Postman Dave]

So we should do a saved by the Bell movie LD.

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Oh god, I forgot that was an actual thing.

 

[Wang Chung]

Oh god, I forgot that was an actual thing.

Hey don't knock the movie LD's.

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[Postman Dave]

Hey don't knock the movie LD's.

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I was more on about the Saved By The Bell movie :

 

[Wang Chung]

I was more on about the Saved By The Bell movie :

Yeah I figured. I still don't like the cast.

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