Report: The CW Orders Pilots For Carrie Diaries, Beauty & The Beast

First Published: January 18, 2012 6:51 PM EST Credit: Warner Bros. LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and The CityCarrie Bradshaw could be heading back to television. The CW has ordered a pilot for The Carrie Diaries, Access Hollywood has confirmed. The Carrie Diaries book series from Candace Bushnell focus on a younger, late teenaged Carrie, who is finishing her last year of high school. It was not clear if the new show would feature Carries later-in-life Sex and The City best friends, including Samantha Jones, who was featured in Summer and the City: A Carrie Diaries Novel, or Miranda Hobbes, who was also in the book, which was released in April 2011. In related news, The CW also confirmed a pilot order for Beauty and the Beast. The 1980s-90s television series originally starred Linda Hamilton and Sons of Anarchys Ron Perlman. Entertainment Weekly first reported the news. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.