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EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime has greenlighted to pilot _Unreal_, a drama series project inspired by Sarah Gertrude Shapiro’s award-winning independent short film _Sequin Raze_, which starred Ashley
Williams, Anna Camp and Frances Conroy (check out that trailer below). Marti Noxon (_Mad Men_, _Fright Night_) and Shapiro wrote _Unreal, which_ goes behind-the-scenes of a hit competition
dating show to follow the experiences of a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with (and among) the contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage
the program’s producers demand. What ensues is a humorous, yet vexing, look at what happens in the world of unscripted television, where being a contestant can be vicious and producing it is
a whole other reality. _Sequin Raze_, which premiered at this year’s SXSW, sparked interest from multiple networks before landing at Lifetime, which brought in Noxon. She will executive
produce, with Shapiro serving as producer. Sally DeSipio (_Do Over_) and Bill Davenport will executive produce for Wieden+Kennedy Entertainment. In addition to _Unreal_, WME-repped Noxon has
two other cable projects in serious contention for a pickup, _Girlfriends Guide To Divorce_, based on Vicki Iovine’s books, at Bravo; and_ Proof_ with M. Night Shyamalan at Syfy. Lifetime
is riding on the success of its latest original scripted series, _Devious Maids_, which is awaiting renewal. [embedded content] WATCH ON DEADLINE