Overview
- Lifetime confirmed Tuesday that 14-year-old Georgia Dane will play Ashley and make her acting debut alongside her mother Rebecca Gayheart in The Ocean Between Them.
- The network describes the made-for-TV film as inspired by true events and centered on a mother who launches a relentless search after her older daughter goes missing at sea during a Belize vacation.
- Casting and creative credits released by Lifetime name Jessica Lord as the missing daughter Miranda, Karl Walcott as a local ally, Gabriel Correa as director, and writers Sam Lee, Angela Gulner and Yuri Baranovsky.
- Lifetime scheduled the premiere for Saturday, September 26 at 8/7c and is promoting the movie as part of a September lineup of real-event–inspired dramas under the 'Strength of a Lifetime' banner.
- Georgia's debut is reported in the context of her family life following the February death of her father Eric Dane from ALS and her recent middle school graduation, details the coverage highlights as personal background.