The Four Seasons (miniseries)

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The Four Seasons
GenreComedy
Based on The Four Seasons (1981)
Written by
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Tina Fey
  • Lang Fisher
  • Tracey Wigfield
  • David Miner
  • Eric Gurian
  • Jeff Richmond
Producers Alan Alda
Marissa Bregman
Production companies
Original release
Network Netflix

The Four Seasons is an upcoming miniseries written by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield for Netflix. It is an adaptation of the 1981 film of the same name.

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Cast

Production

The eight-part series is an adaptation of the Alan Alda 1981 film The Four Seasons , by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield for Netflix. It will be produced by Little Stranger Inc. [1] All three writers are executive producers, along with David Miner, Eric Gurian and Jeff Richmond. Alda and Marissa Bregman, daughter of the film’s producer, Martin Bregman, are producers of the series. Fey also stars in the series, [2] and in April 2024 was joined by Steve Carell, [3] and in June 2024 by Colman Domingo, Erika Henningsen, Will Forte, and Kerri Kenney-Silver. [4] [5] [6] [7] Marco Calvani later joined in August 2024. [8]

Filming took place in New York in the second half of 2024. [9]

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