Mindy Kaling And Max Greenfield Teaming With Tess Sanchez To Develop WBTV Adaptation Of Her Book ‘We’ve Decided To Go In A Different Direction’ — SkimNews
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- Warner Bros. Television has optioned worldwide rights to Tess Sanchez’s book We’ve Decided to Go in a Different Direction for series development as a comedy.
- Mindy Kaling will executive produce the adaptation through Kaling International under her overall deal with WBTV, reuniting with Sanchez and Max Greenfield.
- Tess Sanchez, former Fox EVP and casting director for The Mindy Project and New Girl, wrote the memoir about losing her job in 2020 and navigating career, family, and caregiving.
- Max Greenfield will executive produce alongside Sanchez and Kaling; he previously worked with both on The Mindy Project and was cast in New Girl by Sanchez.
- Simon & Schuster’s Gallery imprint published Sanchez’s book in 2025, which blends humor and honesty about identity and upheaval in Hollywood.
Why it matters: Sanchez’s transition from casting executive to author and now producer reflects a rare reversal of Hollywood power dynamics—those behind the scenes are telling their own stories, with Kaling and Greenfield lending star power to elevate a narrative about resilience after institutional dismissal.
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