Reba McEntire's The Hammer

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Reba McEntire's The Hammer
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Written by
  • Sanford Golden
  • Karen Wyscarver
Directed byJeff Beesley
Starring
Music byMatthew Rogers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
  • Reba McEntire
  • Stan Spry
  • Eric Scott Woods
  • Anthony Fankhauser
  • Graem Luis
CinematographyEduardo Ramirez Gonzalez
EditorJason Dale
Production companies
  • Pahrump Pictures
  • The Cartel
Original release
Network Lifetime
ReleaseJanuary 7, 2023 (2023-01-07)

Reba McEntire's The Hammer is a 2023 American television film starring Reba McEntire as Kim Wheeler, the newly appointed Judge of the 5th Judicial District of Nevada. [1] The film is inspired by the life of Kim Wheeler, one of the last traveling circuit judges in the U.S. [2] [3] The film premiered on January 7, 2023, on Lifetime. [4]

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In June 2022, it was reported that Reba McEntire will star and also serve as an executive producer on the new Lifetime movie The Hammer. The project marks McEntire's reunion with her Reba co-star Melissa Peterman. Also was cast McEntire's real-life boyfriend, Rex Linn, and Kay Shioma Metchie. [5] McEntire and Linn met in 1991 when they worked on the television movie The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991) . [6]

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References

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