Netflix just won a bidding war for one of fantasy’s most talked-about novels. The streamer is adapting a time-loop fantasy about a legendary knight and a historian tangled across centuries.
Netflix’s adaptation plans for the fantasy novel The Everlasting
Netflix is developing a series adaptation of Alix E. Harrow’s bestselling fantasy novel The Everlasting, Variety reported exclusively. The streamer secured the rights in a competitive situation. Daphne Ferraro, previously the head writer on Amazon’s Maxton Hall, will write the project.
Ferraro will also executive produce alongside Harrow, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Katy Rozelle and Lea Cuello. Universal Global Television is producing the adaptation. The project remains in early development at the streamer.
The novel follows a time-loop fantasy centered on Sir Una Everlasting, a legendary female knight. Her story intertwines with Owen Mallory, a struggling historian sent back through time. Together, they find themselves bound to retell the same story repeatedly across centuries.
According to the official logline, Sir Una was “the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country.” Owen, described as a “failed soldier, struggling scholar,” falls in love with her tale. Their journey forces them to consider rewriting history itself to change Una’s fate.
Meanwhile, Ferraro brings strong genre credentials to the project beyond her work on Maxton Hall. Her credits also include the acclaimed German series Dark. Additionally, she is next set to create and showrun Powerless, a YA romantasy trilogy for Amazon MGM Studios.
On the other hand, Harrow has built a strong reputation in the fantasy genre through several acclaimed novels. Her previous works include The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches and Starling House. Circle Management + Production and Kate McKean at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency represent her.
Ultimately, if ordered to series, The Everlasting would join Netflix’s growing slate of book adaptations. That roster already includes hit titles such as The Queen’s Gambit, Bridgerton and Leave the World Behind.
