“At some point, I said, ‘It just feels so much like a movie,’” said Tia Maggini, senior vice president of programming for Lifetime and a Taylor Swift fan.

The writer was texting her friend and Lifetime movie executive Tia Maggini about the potential of a movie about a ubiquitous singer falling in love with a grounded professional football player ...

The writer was texting her friend and Lifetime movie executive Tia Maggini about the potential of a movie about a ubiquitous singer falling in love with a grounded professional football player ...

Maggini’s response was: “Well, this is delightful. Go.” In this tale, Bowyn Sykes (Jessica Lord) is a pop icon whose cultural impact is so significant that it is studied in college courses.

Last year, Eirene Tran Donohue watched Taylor Swift at Arrowhead Stadium cheering on Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce and thought, "This could be a rom-com." "I've done a bunch of Lifetime Christmas ...