Steve Guttenberg To Play Real-Life Serial Killer In Lifetime Movie

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Guttenberg (Police Academy, How To Murder Your Husband), Jana Kramer (A Cowboy Christmas Romance, One Tree Hill), and Rachel Stubington (Shrinking) are set to lead the new Lifetime “ripped from the headlines” film Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story.

Based on the true story of Robinson, who was abducted as a baby and raised by the family of a serial killer who was convicted of murdering her mother. The movie will premiere on Saturday, June 7, at 8/7 c.

Heather (Stubington) grew up in a loving family in Illinois. By the time she was a teen, she had long known that she had been adopted as an infant by her parents. But in 2000, the then-15-year-old’s world was shattered when she learned that the man she knew as her uncle, John Robinson (Guttenberg), was a serial killer accused of murdering multiple women in the Kansas City area, including her biological mother, Lisa Stasi. After her uncle’s arrest, Heather learns the shocking truth about her birth mother’s disappearance. Kramer portrays an investigator working on the case.

Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story is produced by Marwar Junction Productions and Allegheny Image Factory. Executive producers are Joseph Freed and Allison Berkley of Marwar Junction Productions, Jeffrey Tinnell and Robert Tinnell of Allegheny Image Factory, Melissa Moore of Redletter Media, and Maritte Lee Go. Lee Gabiana directs from a script written by Shawn Linden and Pamela Gray.

Guttenberg is best known for his roles in such films as Diner, Police Academy, Short Circuit, and Three Men and a Baby, and the TV shows ABC’s High Potential, HBO’s Ballers, ABC’s The Goldbergs, and the UPN/WB series Veronica Mars. He has hosted NBC’s Saturday Night Live and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He wrote and performed in the play Tales from the Guttenberg Bible at The Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor in the summer of 2023. He has authored books, including The Guttenberg Bible (2012) and the children’s book The Kids from DISCO (2014). His most recent book was Time to Thank, which was released in 2024. He is repped by CAA and Vault Entertainment.

Kramer is an actress, ACM award-winning country music singer, and a New York Times best-selling author. She is known for her role as Alex Dupre on the TV series One Tree Hill. She made her small screen debut with a guest appearance on the ABC soap All My Children. Additional TV credits include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, CSI: NY, and recurring roles on NBC’s
Friday Night Lights, CW’s 90210, and the HBO dramedy Entourage. Film credits include Click and Prom Night, as well as Lifetime titles Christmas in Mississippi, A Welcome Home Christmas, and The Holiday Fix Up. Kramer is repped by WME and Luber Roklin Entertainment.

Stubington can currently be seen in the Apple TV+ series Shrinking in the role of Summer. She has also guest-starred on ABC’s Doctor Odyssey. Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story is her second movie with the Lifetime Network, previously acting opposite Chrishell Stause in A Rose For Her Grave. Stubington graduated UCLA with a degree in theater. She is repped by Brilliant Talent Management and Stewart Talent.