Lucy Hale to star in new crime miniseries Ragdoll for AMC in first major TV role since Katy Keene

After the painful cancellation of her last television show, she’s returning to her roots with another mystery crime series.

Variety reports that actress Lucy Hale, of Pretty Little Liars fame, will star in a new limited series titled Ragdoll for AMC and Alibi.

The actress, 31, will play a newly recruited detective constable within a unit investigating a series of murders in which the victims have been dismembered and sewn together into one grotesque ‘ragdoll.’

Hale’s casting in the series marks her first return to TV after her failed Riverdale spinoff Katy Keene, which she tearfully announced had been canceled after just 13 episodes last year. 

The new series, set to unfold over six episodes, is based on the novel Ragdoll by Daniel Cole.

However, the premise does sound somewhat similar to the now-classic horror movie from 2001 Jeepers Creepers, in which victims are also found sewn together in a horrific and gory pattern.

Lucy, for one, is no stranger to horror films herself, having notably starred in Scream 4 in 2011, Truth Or Dare in 2018, and last year‘s creepy take on Fantasy Island.

And speaking of Scream, the raven-haired star has recently been linked romantically to Skeet Ulrich, who got his start in the first Scream movie back in 1996.

In addition to the Scream franchise, the pair share another connection, as well – Skeet, 51, stars as FP Jones on the CW hit Riverdale, which featured Hale in one episode as Katy Keene before she went to her ill-fated spinoff.

Nonetheless, Lucy is best known for her starring role as Aria Montgomery in ABC Family’s hit Pretty Little Liars, which ran from 2010 to 2017.

Although decidedly less grisly than her new show Ragdoll, PLL was a dark and moody mystery thriller centering around an unknown presence who stalks four friends who are guarding deep secrets. 

Ragdoll is scheduled to star filming starting soon, and is expected to premiere later this year.