Life takes a few pages from the diary of Renee Zellweger.The female-skewing cable network has increased Cinnamon Girl, a drama loosely based on the 1960 voyage of a small town Texas to Hollywood Zellweger.Created by Zellweger and Anthony Tambaki (Warrior) will Cinnamon Girl is about four girls as they come of age during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and early 1970s in Los Angeles. The drama explores Cassie, Lola, Penny and Lou lives as they reach a crossroads of political rebellion, artistic, social and sexual today."Renée's passion, clarity of character and deep feelings for this project we were immediately transported to the late 60's / early 70's, creating a resonance with the energy we want to relive," Lifetime president and GM Nancy Dubuc said in a news release announcing Wednesday. "Cinnamon Girl is a game changer for our network, which is exactly the type of show we want to provide."Zellweger and Gavin O'Connor (Warrior) will executive produce, with actress Bridget Jones co-wrote the story together Tambaki to write the script. O'Connor directly Danny Bramson (Jerry McGuire) serving as producer and musical supervisor."We are pleased to work with Nancy Dubuc and Rob Sharenow who share our enthusiasm and creative intentions, and we think the timing is perfect for Cinnamon Girl to have found a home on Lifetime during this time of transformation on the net" Zellweger said. "We can not wait to Cinnamon Girl come to life as part of their campaign to expand the audience expectations and redefine what it means to be a show to life."Period drama, a second project marks Zellweger for life. In 2008 he served as executive producer of Living Proof, the true story of Dr. Dennis Slamon of UCLA, who helped develop the breast cancer drug Herceptin.Cinnamon is also the latest in a long series of important projects for the Cable Guy, who this week its first original movie five, an anthology of short films that explore the impact of breast cancer in the lives of people. Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Alicia Keys are among the filmmakers in competition.The network also is developing a drama that revolves around the time Hollywood Reporter founder William Wilkerson with Johnny Depp Infinitum Nihil shingle below and restart Steel Magnolias Duo contemporary Hairspray Neil Meron and Craig Zadan.
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