‘The Four Seasons’ Trailer: Tina Fey, Will Forte, Steve Carell, and Colman Domingo Make Divorce Funny
Marco Calvani, Erika Henningsen, and Kerri Kenney-Silver co-star.
by Samantha Bergeson · IndieWireTina Fey is finding the funny in divorce with Netflix series “The Four Seasons.” Fey co-creates, co-showruns, writes, executive produces, and stars in the upcoming series which is based on the 1981 Alan Alda feature film of the same name.
“The Four Seasons” reunites Fey with her “30 Rock” collaborators Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield, who also co-create, co-showrun, write, and EP the show (Fisher additionally directs). “The Four Seasons” is additionally executive produced by David Miner, Jeff Richmond, and Eric Gurian.
The official synopsis reads: “Six old friends head for a relaxing weekend away only to learn that one couple in the group is about to split up. The three couples, Kate (Fey) and Jack (Will Forte), Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver), and Danny (Colman Domingo) and Claude (Marco Calvani), are completely upended by the news. Over the course of a year, we follow the friends on four vacations, and watch how this shake-up affects everyone’s dynamic — sending old issues and new bubbling to the surface.”
Erika Henningsen, Julia Lester, Ashlyn Maddox, Jacob Buckenmyer, Taylor Ortega, Simone Recasner, Toby Edward Huss, Tommy Do, Chloe Troast, Jack Gore, and Cole Tristan Murphy also star. Netflix won a bidding war for the Universal TV series, and gave a straight-to-series order in January 2024.
The show is a reunion for Fey, who is joined by her former “SNL” cast-mate Will Forte and “Date Night” co-star Steve Carell. The original “The Four Seasons” film was written and directed by Alan Alda, who guest starred on Fey’s “30 Rock” as well. The original film was produced by Martin Bregman, and starred Alda and Carol Burnett as a couple who vacation with their friends and get entangled in a comedy of errors. Alda and Marissa Bregman, the daughter of the film’s producer Martin Bregman, now produce Fey’s adaptation.
“The Four Seasons” also is one of the many Netflix projects Domingo has been a part of: The actor/producer starred in series “The Madness,” and led Netflix’s “Rustin” which earned him an Oscar nomination. And Domingo’s co-star Carell is additionally leading another buzzy project on the TV side: “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong’s HBO film “Mountainhead.”
“The Four Seasons” premieres May 1 on Netflix. Check out the trailer below.