Kate Hudson To Headline Mindy Kaling’s Netflix Basketball Comedy Series
deadline.comKate Hudson is set to lead the cast and executive produce Netflix‘s untitled Mindy Kaling comedy series executive produced by The Mindy Project creator and star.
The project, originally sold to Netflix in 2021 as a workplace comedy inspired by the front office of the Los Angeles Lakers with Elaine Ko (Modern Family) as writer/showrunner, now has a different creative team, with Kaling co-writing alongside fellow Mindy Project alums Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen and Stassen serving as showrunner.
Lakers’ President and Governor Jeanie Buss Jeanie Buss and the team’s Linda Rambis remain executive producers alongside 3 Arts’ Howard Klein, Kaling, Barinholtz, Stassen and Hudson.
Lakers’ Jordan Rambis is a producer. In the comedy, the only sister in a family of competitive brothers, Isla Gordon (Hudson) has been overlooked and underappreciated her whole life.
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