network ordered a pilot episode, based on the series of novels. Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Jean M. Auel, and Linda Woolverton are executive producers, with Woolverton writing the teleplay. The launch was slated for some time in 2015. Despite reports of plans to shoot a pilot for a series to have started in 2016, with Ireland as one location, this plan was canceled by Lifetime and has been shopped around to various networks with no luck. It is presumed to be dead, as of March 2016. See also The Clan of the Cave Bear (film) Earth's Children (novel series) Use of animals during the Gravettian period Aurignacian culture Gravettian culture Neanderthal extinction hypotheses The Inheritors Venus figurines References External links Jean M. Auel Official web site Photos of the first edition of The Clan of the Cave Bear Earth's Children 1980 American novels American novels adapted into films Fiction about neanderthals Novels set in prehistory Crown Publishing Group books