A Popular Terry McMillian Novel To Become A Lifetime Movie!

Bestselling author Terry McMillan's 2000 novel "A Day Late and a Dollar Short," will be a made-for-TV movie for none other than Lifetime.

The film is set to air February 2012. This is McMillan's second novel to be made into a TV movie; "Disappearing Acts" was made into an HBO film in 2001. (Excellent film starring Sanaa Lathan and Wesley Snipes).

Btw... No trailer available for the film "Disappearing Acts, but here's a compilation of scenes from the film. Read the book as well.

According to Variety, "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" will be directed by Steven Tolkin, and the screen writer Shernold Edwards, who's written for "Degrassi: The Next Generation" and "Shattered."

Two of McMillan's novels have been adapted into big-screen films, "Waiting to Exhale" and "How Stella Got Her Groove Back." A third, "Getting to Happy," is still in pre-production.

Congrats to Terry McMillan! Good to see Lifetime taking on more African-American films because they are sorely lacking on the network. (Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network).

I suppose it's too much to ask for to have suspense/thriller lifetime original movies with an African American cast every once in a while.