A+E Networks Scores Entire V.C. Andrews Collection

A+E Networks has acquired rights and licenses to the entire V.C. Andrews collection, including all new releases, following the success of Lifetime’s Flowers in the Attic and the subsequent movie series franchises from the author.

The collection features over 138 books and counting, with 107 million copies sold.

Lifetime is in development on Andrews’ Cutler series, following the twisted tale of Dawn Longchamp, whose entire world crumbles after the sudden death of her mother.

Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, a prequel limited series, stars Jemima Rooper (Gold Digger) and Max Irons (Condor), along with Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Harry Hamlin (Mad Men), Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries) and Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black). Flowers in the Attic: The Origin is set to premiere in summer 2022. It peels back the curtain to reveal the twisted origins and dark secrets of the Foxworth family.

The Lifetime movie events Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind were U.S. cable’s top two movies of 2014 with women, while Flowers in the Attic has reached over 30.1 million total viewers and Petals on the Wind has been seen by 23.4 million total viewers.  In 2019, the Casteel series ranked as U.S. cable’s number two new drama series with women.