All My Children Lifetime Movie Update: Ron Carlivati and Jamey Giddens Tapped to Write
The long-awaited All My Children revival slated to air on Lifetime is closer than ever to becoming a reality with the news that veteran soap scribes Ron Carlivati and Jamey Giddens have been tapped to write the first of two movies for the network that will take fans back to Pine Valley.
Ron Carlivati and Jamey Giddens Will Write All My Children Movie
The All My Children revival is a passion project driven by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, who met and married while starring as Hayley and Mateo Santos on the beloved ABC soap and are producing the Lifetime movies through their production company, Milojo Productions.
Daytime Confidential was the first to report the news Ripa and Consuelos have hired the pair as to co-write the AMC movie. Carlivati and Giddens subsequently confirmed the news on their respective Instagrams.
Carlivati — a Daytime Emmy winner who has head-written two ABC soaps, One Life to Live and General Hospital, served as the head writer for Days of Our Lives and was most recently a member of the writing team of Beyond the Gates — wrote in an Instagram story, “Excited to confirm that @jameygiddens and I are writing the first of two ‘All My Children’ movies, coming soon to @lifetimetv!”
On his own Instagram, Giddens — who on Monday began his other high-profile writing gig as one of the new co-head writers of The Young and the Restless — enthused, “I’ve been booked and busy in 2026. Before I received the life-changing offer to co-head write @youngandrestlesscbs, Andrew Stearn (@redcoatroad), the @agnesnixonamc estate, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos tapped @carlivatiron and me to write the first of two planned All My Children reunion movies for @lifetimetv! God is good. All. The. Time. #AllMyChildren.”
Prior to joining Y&R, Giddens was on the Beyond the Gates writing team, created the OWN series Ambitions and was active in the soap community as a podcaster and blogger on Daytime Confidential, which he co-owned.
“Fulllll circle moment!!! 🥰👏,” cheered Chrishell Stause (ex-Amanda, AMC et al) in the comment section of Giddens’ post. “Omg this is amazing!! Yayayy,” wrote Melissa Claire Egan, Y&R’s Chelsea, who began her daytime career as Annie on AMC. Beyond the Gates star Karla Mosley (Dani) posted, “All the TIME! King of Daytime? Uh, yes.”
What Will the All My Children Movie Focus On?
All My Children ran on ABC from 1970 until 2011, and had a brief afterlife via a 2013 Internet reboot. The show was created by the late Agnes Nixon, and the revival is being produced in partnership with her estate.
Ripa and Consuelos recently spoke to The Los Angeles Times about their efforts to bring the world of Pine Valley back to life and revealed that they will both briefly appear in the upcoming movie. The revival will be set in the present and “and focus on what beloved characters like Erica Kane [Susan Lucci] and Maria Santos Grey [Eva LaRue] are doing now,” according to the outlet.
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