# Danielle Steel’s ‘The Whittiers’ In The Works As Series From Cottage Industry Entertainment & Fox Entertainment Studios

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/danielle-steels-the-whittiers-in-the-works-as-series-from-cottage-industry-entertainment-fox-entertainment-studios/
- Published: 2026-11-05T21:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T21:26:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/danielle-steel-the-whittiers-series-cottage-industry-fox-1237214750/
- Topics: Business, Companies, Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- Danielle Steel’s *The Whittiers* is being developed as a family drama.
- Cottage Industry revealed its first slate under a Fox deal.
- The projects span television and film.

## Summary

Cottage Industry Entertainment has unveiled its first slate under a first-look deal with Fox Entertainment Studios, led by adaptations of Danielle Steel’s novel *The Whittiers* and a comedy project with *The Office* actor Angela Kinsey. The announcement marks the first projects from the production company founded last year by former Hallmark and Warner Bros. executives Lisa Hamilton Daly and Alysia Cotter Thomas.

*The Whittiers*, Steel’s 200th book, is being developed as a one-hour family drama by writer Jordanna Fraiberg and is in development at a streaming platform. The television slate also includes *Summer on Lilac Island*, based on Lindsay MacMillan’s novel, and Kinsey’s *Mom’s Place*. Film projects include a hockey-themed romantic comedy, *It All Comes Down to This*, and adaptations of *The View from Lake Como* and *The Afterlife of Holly Chase*.

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