EXCLUSIVE: In a highly competitive situation, Apple TV has landed the rights to develop All the Little Houses, a drama series based on the recently published novel from The Hunting Wives’ May Cobb.
Cobb is co-creating the show with Naomi Sheldon, of Prime Video’s The Girlfriend, who will be its writer. Fifth Season will serve as the studio and Kristen Campo’s Campout Productions and Linden Entertainment will serve as executive producers.
All the Little Houses is set in the wealthy enclave of Longview, Texas, where Charleigh Anderson has clawed her way from outcast to undisputed queen bee. But when a seemingly perfect, prairie-kissed family arrives in town — complete with a trad-wife mother, woodworking father, and wholesome daughter — Charleigh finds her carefully constructed world under threat. As two formidable women go head-to-head, their battle for the soul of Longview exposes the secrets, resentments, and desires lurking beneath its picture-perfect surface.
A native Texan screenwriter and bestselling author of page-turners, Cobb is best known for The Hunting Wives, which served as the basis for the hit Southern gothic Netflix series, on which she’s an executive producer. The show premiered last summer as the third most popular on the global English-language chart, hitting the Top 10 list in 40 countries and reaching No. 1 in 10, including the U.S, with billions of minutes viewed. Starring the likes of Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman, The Hunting Wives returns for its second season on November 26.
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Cobb released All the Little Houses in January; its sequel, All the Little Secrets, is out November 17. She is repped by WME, Victoria Sanders & Associates, Jordan Cerf of Linden Productions and Darren Trattner from Jackoway.
Sheldon is a playwright, screenwriter, and actress known for co-creating The Girlfriend, a limited series based on the thriller novel by Michelle Frances, for Amazon and Imaginarium. Starring Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke, and directed by Wright, the show premiered last fall and was nominated for Best Limited Series at both the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Awards.
In a multi-studio bidding war, Sheldon sold her next project, an original erotic thriller, to Netflix with Media Res. Most recently, she wrapped the writers’ room for The Spot, Ed Solomon’s Hulu/A24 crime drama series starring Claire Danes and Ewan McGregor. Currently developing original projects with Carnival, Firebird, and David Jonsson’s Grey Area, she is represented by CAA, Independent Talent, and Ziffren Brittenham.
