EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired the rights to Emily Giffin’s All We Ever Wanted for a series adaptation now in development.
The series logline descripes the project as “A soapy and scandalous drama that uncovers the secrets and class struggles of a wealthy suburb; where a torrid love affair between a ‘have’ Mom and ‘have-not’ single Dad threatens to expose the sins and lies of all of those around them.”
Jessica Goldberg (Away, The Path, Parenthood) will serve as showrunner, writer and executive producer. Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter will produce for Hello Sunshine, Harlan Coben for Final Twist Productions, and Nicola Shindler for Quay Street Productions.
The project reunites Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben, whose co-written thriller novel Gone Before Goodbye was published Oct. 9, 2025 and debuted as a New York Times best seller. All We Ever Wanted is the pair’s first series adaptation together. Netflix has previously collaborated with each separately.
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Hello Sunshine and the streamer have worked together on From Scratch based on Tembi Locke’s best-selling novel and starring Zoe Saldaña, the romantic comedy Your Place Or Mine which stars Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, Get Organized with The Home Edit and F1: The Academy. They are also behind the upcoming Smother in Law comedy spec from writer April Prosser.
Coben has worked with Netflix on many an adaptation of his books (11 total) including Fool Me Once, which currently sits at number 10 on Netflix’s Most Popular English-language series of all time list. Upcoming adaptations from Netflix and Coben include limited series Run Away on Jan. 1, 2026 and thriller series I Will Find You.
Previous series adapted from Coben’s books include Safe, The Woods, The Innocent, Gone for Good, Stay Close, Hold Tight, The Stranger, Missing You, Just One Look, and Caught.
