Desperate: The Search for the Green River Killer will focus on the deadliest serial killer in U.S. history. According to The Hollywood Reporter, this four hour miniseries will be aired on Lifetime.

Tom Cavanagh, Amy Davidson, Sharon Lawrence and James Russo will star in the project, which marks Lifetime's first miniseries. It will be based on Sheriff David Reichert's book Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer. The film will follow two girls who escape their dead end life in Seattle only to come face-to-face with the notorious murderer.

John Pielmeier wrote the screenplay, with Norma Bailey attached to direct all four hours of the miniseries. There is no set airdate at this time.