19 on Lifetime, centers on their friendship, which has often been underexplored in country music history, at a time when the two pioneering women's careers overlapped in the early '60s.

The biopic about Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, which airs Oct.

Writer-director Callie Khouri is drawn to stories about female friendships and country music, and her latest television film 'Patsy and Loretta' combines those passions into the true story of a friendship between two of country music's most powerful voices. To this day, Loretta remains grateful to Patsy for her mentorship and above all, friendship, as the country music trailblazer that paved the way for Loretta.Watch Video: Loretta Lynn: the singer-songwriter who shook up country music Despite the devastating loss of her friend, Loretta continued on in the industry and is today, known as the First Lady of Country Music. Then in 1963, the country music community was struck with a tragedy when at just age 30, Patsy died in a plane crash. Soon, they became close friends, touring together, bonding over their husband troubles and commiserating on being females in the male-dominated music business. Instead of seeing Loretta as competition, Patsy took Loretta under her wings to help her make it in Nashville. When they first met, Patsy was already one of the biggest stars in country music while Loretta was just a coal miner’s daughter, starting off with little to her name but a $17 guitar. “Patsy and Loretta” is based on the untold true story of the friendship between two of country music’s greatest icons, Patsy Cline (Megan Hilty) and Loretta Lynn (Jessie Mueller).

Debuting later this year, the movie will film on location this month in Nashville, helmed by award-winning director Callie Khouri (“Thelma & Louise,” “Nashville”) from a script by Angelina Burnett (“The Americans,” “Genius”) “Patsy and Loretta” also marks a reunion for Meron and Hilty who worked together on the musical series, “Smash.” The movie, produced by Sony Pictures Television, is executive produced by Neil Meron, in his first solo project since the passing of longtime producing partner Craig Zadan. Lifetime has given a green light for the new feature movie, “Patsy and Loretta,” set to star Megan Hilty (“Smash,” “The Good Wife”) as music legend Patsy Cline and Grammy winner Jessie Mueller (Broadway’s “Waitress,” “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”) as country icon Loretta Lynn.

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