Jennifer Aniston will govt produce and star in a brand new Apple TV+ sequence impressed by Jennette McCurdy’s 2022 memoir, “I’m Glad My Mother Died,” the streaming service introduced July 1.
The ten-episode dramedy might be tailored by McCurdy, who may also govt produce and act as a showrunner alongside Ari Katcher (“Ramy,” “Jerrod Carmichael Actuality Present”).
The previous “iCarly” star’s memoir particulars her struggles as a toddler actor within the mid-2000s whereas residing together with her abusive mom.
Although McCurdy portrayed the spirited and wisecracking Sam Puckett on “iCarly,” her life behind the scenes was dominated by debilitating anxiousness and a strained relationship together with her mom, who compelled her into present enterprise, in accordance with her memoir.
The TV adaptation of the e book “will middle on the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in successful child’s present, and her narcissistic mom who relishes in her identification as ‘a starlet’s mom,’” set to be performed by Aniston, the streaming service stated.
Aniston at the moment collaborates with Apple TV+ on “The Morning Present.” The Emmy-winning drama will return for a fourth season on Sept. 17.
In October 2022, McCurdy instructed TODAY.com she wrote “I’m Glad My Mother Died” as a result of she believed her story was “value sharing.” She additionally needed to assist readers heal from their very own troublesome childhoods.
“I felt compelled to put in writing it,” stated McCurdy, now 33. “I believe that’s typically the case with anyone who’s within the arts, that after you’re feeling compelled to do one thing, you simply must.”
Writing down her story was therapeutic for McCurdy, she instructed TODAY.com, and it allowed her to lastly miss her mom with out “difficult grief of anger.”
“She didn’t deserve for me to overlook her as a result of she was so abusive,” McCurdy stated. “However now, I’m capable of simply have moments the place I miss her, and I believe it’s due to the large therapeutic that occurred via remedy and finally via the validation of this e book and different folks sharing their tales with me.”
