The Four Seasons: Tina Fey to Star in Netflix Series Based on Alan Alda Movie

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The Four Seasons is headed to Netflix. Tina Fey will co-create and star in the series based on the 1981 film of the same name. Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield will also co-create the new series.

The original romantic comedy movie was written and directed by Alan Alda and stars Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Sandy Dennis, Rita Moreno, Jack Weston, and Bess Armstrong. The story revolves around three upper-middle class couples from New York who take vacations together four times a year, one per season. One of the husbands leaves his wife and introduces a much younger woman into the mix, upsetting the balance of the couples’ relationships.

Netflix revealed the following about the new series in a press release.

Netflix today ordered eight episodes of the comedy series The Four Seasons, starring Tina Fey. Fey is co-creating the adaptation with Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield.

The series, produced by Universal Television, is based on the 1981 feature film of the same name from Universal Pictures that was written and directed by Alan Alda, produced by Martin Bregman, and starred Alda and Carol Burnett.

The collaborative history of Fey, Fisher and Wigfield goes back to the final season of 30 Rock, which Fisher had joined in the final season and for which Fey and Wigfield shared the Emmy for writing the series finale. Alan Alda was also a recurring guest on 30 Rock.

The Four Seasons will begin production later this year.

Additional details will be released later. The Netflix announcement is below.

What do you think? Have you seen the original 1981 film? Do you plan to watch the new Netflix series?