Apple renews The Last Thing He Told Me for Season 2
David Farnor | On 02, Apr 2024
Apple TV+ has ordered a second season of The Last Thing He Told Me.
Starring and executive produced by Jennifer Garner, the series, based on the bestselling novel by Laura Dave, follows Hannah (played by Garner), a woman who must forge a relationship with her 16-year-old stepdaughter Bailey in order to find the truth about why her husband has mysteriously disappeared.
Season 2 will be based on Dave’s forthcoming sequel to her novel, which will be published in 2025, before the TV show returns to our screens. Hailing from 20th Television and Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine (a part of Candle Media), Season 2 will expand the story with stars Jennifer Garner, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Angourie Rice and David Morse set to reprise their roles.
“Like so many people, I fell for Hannah on page one of Laura Dave’s gripping novel,” said Garner. “The move to actor and producer from reader and super fan was delicious — and made even sweeter by collaborating with Laura, Josh, Reese and everyone at Hello Sunshine, as well as the amazing teams at Apple and 20th. Being part of this group, not to mention part of such a stellar cast, was a career highlight for me. I’m thrilled to get to tell more of Hannah’s story — I couldn’t have said yes more quickly to season two! These characters and their story mean so much to me, as I know they do to the many who have championed our show; we’re excited to give audiences even more with this next chapter.”
“We are thrilled to be bringing this incredible team back together for another season of ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ on Apple TV+,” said Witherspoon. “The audience response to Laura Dave’s gorgeous novel and Jen Garner’s stunning performance in the series was so gratifying for all of us at Hello Sunshine. We can’t wait to dive in and see what’s in store for Hannah Hall in season two.”
Created and adapted by Laura Dave, alongside co-creator Josh Singer, The Last Thing He Told Me is the first collaboration between the married Dave and Singer, who both serve as executive producers alongside Garner and Hello Sunshine’s Witherspoon and Neustadter. Aaron Zelman joins Season 2 as co-showrunner and executive producer with Singer. Hello Sunshine optioned The Last Thing He Told Me from author Dave, and 20th Television optioned the upcoming sequel.
“I’m over the moon to continue telling the story of Hannah and Bailey,” said Dave. “The response to The Last Thing He Told Me has been truly extraordinary, and I’m grateful to everyone who read and shared the book and made this possible.”
Trailer: Jennifer Garner stars in The Last Thing He Told Me
19th March 2023
Jennifer Garner is heading to Apple TV+ this April, and a new trailer gives us a first look at her in The Last Thing He Told Me.
The series, based on the bestselling novel by Laura Dave, follows Hannah (played by Garner), a woman who must forge a relationship with her 16-year-old stepdaughter Bailey in order to find the truth about why her husband has mysteriously disappeared.
Starring and executive produced by Jennifer Garner, the seven-part drama is co-created by Dave and Josh Singer, who both also serve as executive producers alongside Hello Sunshine’s Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter
The ensemble cast also includes Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Angourie Rice, Aisha Tyler, Augusto Aguilera, Geoff Stults and John Harlan Kim. You can see them in action on Friday 14th April, when the series premieres on Apple TV+, with the first two episodes arriving together – and episodes then following weekly until the finale on 19th May.
Jennifer Garner to star in Apple’s The Last Thing He Told Me
20th November 2021
Jennifer Garner will star in Apple TV+ series The Last Thing He Told Me.
The thriller is based on the book by Laura Dave and follows Hannah, who is given a note by her new husband Owen Michaels, before he disappears. The note says two words: protect her. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect – his 16-year-old daughter, Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. And who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.
As her increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, his boss is arrested for fraud and the police start questioning her, Hannah realises that her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey might hold the key to discovering Owen’s true identity, and why he disappeared. Together they set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realise that their lives will never be the same again.
The project was announced last year, with Julia Roberts set to star, as well as exec-produce alongside Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter of Hello Sunshine, plus Josh Singer and Dave, who is adapting the book.
Now, however, Garner has stepped in to replace Roberts in the lead role, after a scheduling conflict required the Homecoming star to step away. Garner, who recently starred in Netflix film Yes Day and has a first-look deal with the streamer, is no stranger to Apple TV+, with the series My Glory Was I Had Such Friends also on the way.
“I could not be more excited! I absolutely could not be more grateful!” Garner said in a post on Instagram.
Julia Roberts to star in The Last Thing He Told Me for Apple TV+
12th December 2020
Julia Roberts is heading to Apple TV+ to star in a new adaptation of The Last Thing He Told Me.
The book, written by Laura Dave, will be published in May 2021. The thriller follows Hannah, who is given a note by her new husband Owen Michaels, before he disappears: protect her. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect – his 16-year-old daughter, Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. And who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.
As her increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, his boss is arrested for fraud and the police start questioning her, Hannah realises that her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey might hold the key to discovering Owen’s true identity, and why he disappeared. Together they set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realise that their lives will never be the same again.
Roberts will star as Hannah, marking the second regular TV role of her career, after she starred in Season 1 of Amazon Studios’ Homecoming. Dave will adapt the book for TV and executive produce along with her husband, Josh Singer. Roberts will also exec-produce the project, alongside Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter of Hello Sunshine.
Hello Sunshine, which optioned the book from David, has a string of projects in the works with Apple TV+, including Surface, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, My Kind of Country and two shows – The Morning Show and Truth Be Told- that will soon return for second seasons.