Popular TV couple of the 2010s is reuniting: Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley, who played two of the leads of the hit CW series "The Vampire Diaries," have found their next collaboration in another book adaptation, "You Deserve to Know".
The project hails from Alex Cooper‘s Unwell and Aaron Kaplan‘s Kapital Entertainment has landed at Hulu for development in a competitive situation.
Written by "Grand Hotel" developer Brian Tanen based on the 2025 novel by Aggie Blum Thompson, "You Deserve to Know" follows three suburban couples — next-door neighbors and best friends. When one of their husbands is murdered, a shocking trail of secrets is revealed, and their friendship cracks wide open.
Dobrev and Wesley play Gwen and Scott, respectively — two neighbors on opposite sides of a murder investigation, leading them on a collision course.
Dobrev and Wesley also executive produce alongside Tanen, Thompson, Unwell’s Cooper as well as Matt Kaplan and Mina Lefevre, and Kapital Entertainment’s Kaplan.
Co-executive producing are Kapital’s Jaiden Kaplan and Dylan Hammalian as well as Unwell’s Paul Kim and Kendall Boucher. Kapital and 20th Television are the studios.
Kaplan is reuniting Dobrev and Wesley together are having previously worked with each of them individually. Dobrev starred in Kapital’s multi-camera comedy "Fam" for CBS, while Wesley starred in its psychological thriller "Tell Me a Story" for CBS All Access (now Paramount+).
Meanwhile, Kapital developed medical drama Vital Signs with Tanen at ABC and Dead Letters with Unwell at Netflix with Lucy Hale attached to star and sold two other Thompson books to Peacock and Netflix.
Tanen also is co-writing with Tinx a series adaptation of her book "The Shift" for Kapital and Amazon.
"You Deserve to Know: marks a second high-profile sale at Hulu for Kapital in the past month following "What Remains," starring and executive produced by Kerry Washington. Kaplan also produced the series "Black Cake" for the streamer.
The adaptation also marks Tanen’s return to Hulu, where he was executive producer and co-showrunner on "Love, Victor".
Dobrev and Wesley starred together in the first six seasons of "The Vampire Diaries" as Elena and Stefan, who started off as a couple before she fell in love with Stefan’s brother Damon (Ian Somerhalder) in one of YA TV’s most iconic love triangles of the 2010s.
Wesley stayed on for the show’s entire eight-season run, with Dobrev returning for the series finale.
Recently, Dobrev starred in and produced the short film "General Admission," which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Up next, she stars in the action thriller feature "The Get Out" alongside Russell Crowe, Aaron Paul and Theresa Palmer, and stars in and executive produces "It Happened One Summer," based on the romance novel of the same name.
Dobrev is also attached to headline and executive produce erotic thriller series "Night Float" in the works at Fifth Season.
Wesley recently wrapped a recurring role opposite Christina Hendricks in the upcoming third season of the Apple TV series "The Buccaneers".
He also recently wrapped the fifth and final season of Paramount+’s "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," where he plays the iconic James T. Kirk. Wesley, who also recently starred in the Shutter feature "History of Evil".
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