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[11/09/15 - 11:33 PM]
Development Update: Monday, November 9
Updates include: NBC orders three additional episodes of "Mysteries of Laura"; E! gives "Famously Single" a series commitment; and Lifetime passes on its "Clan of the Cave Bear" pilot.

[05/26/15 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, May 26
Updates include: Jimmy Smits cast in Netflix's "The Get Down"; Charlene McKenna boards Lifetime's "Clan of the Cave Bear"; and SallyAnn Salsano to step down as showrunner of "The Real."

[04/13/15 - 11:41 PM]
Development Update: Monday, April 13
Updates include: Pierre Morel to helm Lifetime's "The Clan of the Cave Bear"; Mark Deklin to depart "Devious Maids"; and Ice-T, Coco Austin to get test run for new syndicated talk show.

[02/20/15 - 11:57 PM]
Development Update: Friday, February 20
Updates include: MTV passes on "Self Promotion"; Laurie Holden heads to "Chicago Med" at NBC; and Morris Chestnut set as lead on FOX's "Rosewood."

[01/26/15 - 11:55 PM]
Development Update: Monday, January 26
Updates include: FOX in talks to develop an "X-Men" TV series; Millie Brady to lead Lifetime's "The Clan of the Cave Bear"; and "Rush Hour" among the latest wave of pilot pickups.

[07/09/14 - 04:02 PM]
Lifetime Orders Drama Pilot "The Clan of the Cave Bear," A Lionsgate/Fox 21 Co-Production in Association with Imagine Television and Allison Shearmur Productions
The project will be executive produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Allison Shearmur, writer Linda Woolverton and author Jean M. Auel.







CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR (LIFETIME)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
7/9/14 - 11/9/15
STATUS:
previously in development (2016-2017 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 11/9/15
DESCRIPTION:
(from Lifetime's press release, July 2014) Lifetime has ordered the drama pilot The Clan of the Cave Bear, based on Jean M. Auel's series of best-selling novels, it was announced today by Rob Sharenow, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lifetime. A co-production of Fox 21 and Lionsgate in association with Imagine Television and Allison Shearmur Productions, the project will be executive produced by Academy Award(R)-winning director Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Rush) and Oscar(R) and Emmy(R) Award winner Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, 24), along with Allison Shearmur (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Cinderella), Linda Woolverton (Maleficent, The Lion King), who is writing the pilot, Francie Calfo (Gang Related, Empire) and Jean M. Auel. The project is targeted for a potential 2015 launch. The first book of Auel's Earth's Children(R) series, The Clan of the Cave Bear takes place at a time in prehistory more than 25,000 years ago when Neanderthals shared the Earth with the first early modern humans and a band of cave dwellers adopt blond and blue-eyed Ayla, a child of the "Others." As Ayla matures into a young woman of spirit and courage, she must fight for survival against the jealous bigotry of Broud, who will one day be clan leader.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Charlene McKenna as Iza
· Hal Ozsan as Brun
· Johnny Ward as Broud
· Millie Brady as Ayla
CREW INFORMATION:
· Allison Shearmur as EP
· Brian Grazer as EP
· Francie Calfo as EP
· Jean M. Auel as BOOK/EP
· Linda Woolverton as CRTR/EP
· Pierre Morel as DIR (Pilot)
· Ron Howard as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Allison Shearmur Productions
· Fox 21
· Imagine Television
· Lionsgate Television