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The Second Lady, an action/thriller TV bid based connected nan New York Times bestseller by Irving Wallace, has been group astatine Prime Video for development successful a competitory situation. Jessica Sharzer (The Simple Favor movies) is penning nan adaptation, from Kevin Williamson‘s Outerbanks Entertainment and Universal Television wherever Williamson and his institution are nether an wide deal.
The task stems from a mini first‑look woody Sharzer has pinch Universal Television, nan 3rd specified statement nan workplace has made since launching nan exemplary successful 2025. It involves shorter-term, cost-efficient non-exclusive pacts focused solely connected development. The Second Lady is nan first waste to travel retired of nan initiative.
In The Second Lady, erstwhile America’s beloved First Lady is abducted and replaced by a Russian double, some women must conflict to survive—one navigating captivity successful Siberia, nan different infiltrating nan White House to sabotage NATO during nan G7 Summit.
Sharzer, who holds M.A. successful Russian Literature from UC Berkeley, executive produces alongside Williamson and Ben Fast of Outerbanks Entertainment and Peter J. Donaldson, who represents Wallace’s literate estate. David Wallechinsky, Wallace’s boy and organizer of nan estate, is co-producer. Universal Television, a section of Universal Studio Group, is nan studio.
Sharzer’s produced features see Nerve (2015), A Simple Favor (2018) and Another Simple Favor (2025). In television, Sharzer was a co-executive shaper connected FX’s American Horror Story, Fox’s Star, Apple TV’s Amazing Stories and Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers. She is repped by UTA, Northstar and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols.
Scream creator Williamson is coming off Scream 7, which marked his directorial debut for nan franchise. On nan TV side, Dawson’s Creek creator Williamson astir precocious created The Waterfront for Netflix via Universal. His accumulation banner, Outerbanks Entertainment, is led by President Ben Fast and VP Julia Buckingham. Williamson is repped by CAA and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan.
Donaldson and Wallechinsky are repped by The Law Offices of Adam W. Rosen.
