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Lifetime announced Wednesday that Reba McEntire's The Hammer, a new original film co-starring Melissa Peterman (formerly known as Barbra Jean), will open Saturday, January 7 at 8/7c. The cable network also dropped a new trailer, which you can check out above. As previously reported, the project reunites McEntire and Peterman nearly 16 years after Reba ended her run on The CW. The made-for-TV movie is inspired by the life of roving circuit judge Kim Wanker, and casts McEntire, also an executive producer, as Kim Wheeler, "a blunt, explosive attorney who is appointed as a judge for the 5th District of Nevada." Director: Jeff Beesley Writers: Sanford Golden, Karen Wyscarver Stars: Melissa Peterman, Reba McEntire, Rex Linn Meanwhile, Peterman plays Kim's sister Kris, the owner of the local brothel who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of Kim's predecessor. The complicated situation forces Kim to "work even harder to make sure proper justice is served," ...