EXCLUSIVE: Lang Fisher (The Four Seasons, Never Have I Ever) is currently in development on a TV adaptation of the Elle Cosimano novel Finlay Donovan Is Killing It at Peacock.
Executive producers include Fisher, Tina Fey, through her Little Stranger, Inc. production banner, Eric Gurian, David Miner, and Cosimano. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, where Fisher and Fey are under overall deals, is the studio.
The show’s logline: Based on the book by Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It follows a struggling novelist and single mom on the verge of losing custody of her kids, who is mistaken for an assassin and offered life-changing money for one kill.
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It is the first book in Cosimano’s popular book series, “Finlay Donovan Mysteries,” which has a total of six books, with a seventh due to hit stores today. The title of her new book is Finlay Donovan Crosses The Line. Cosimano is repped by WME and LGR Literary.
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Lang is currently a co-showrunner of The Four Seasons, a half-hour comedy for Netflix that she created with Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield based on the 1981 movie by the same name. We understand that the new project in development will not affect her work on The Four Seasons.
Before that, Lang co-created and was the showrunner of the hit Netflix series Never Have I Ever with Mindy Kaling. It won the People’s Choice Award for Best Comedy Show in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Lang was also a writer and producer on three seasons of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, five seasons of The Mindy Project, and was a staff writer on the Emmy-nominated final season of 30 Rock. She is repped by UTA, 3Arts, and Ziffren Brittenham LLP.
Fey is an award-winning writer, actress, producer, and author who is best known for playing Liz Lemon on NBC’s 30 Rock, which she also co-wrote and co-executive produced. Before that, Fey completed 9 seasons as a writer and cast member on Saturday Night Live.
In 2018, Fey wrote the book for Mean Girls: the Musical, the Broadway adaptation of her 2024 film, Mean Girls. Her husband, Jeff Richmond, was behind the show’s music. Mean Girls: the Musical received 12 Tony Award nominations. Additionally, she has co-created and executive produced a variety of TV and film titles, including Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Great News, Mr. Mayor, Mulligan, and Girls5eva for the small screen. Film credits include Baby Mama, Date Night, Sisters, and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Most recently, Fey reprised her role as Ms. Norbury in Paramount’s Mean Girls musical film adaptation, and also served as screenwriter and producer.