Jennifer Aniston will govt produce and star in a brand new Apple TV+ collection impressed by Jennette McCurdy’s 2022 memoir, “I’m Glad My Mother Died,” the streaming service introduced July 1.
The ten-episode dramedy shall be tailored by McCurdy, who may even 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 baby actor within the mid-2000s whereas dwelling 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 nervousness and a strained relationship together with her mom, who pressured her into present enterprise, in accordance with her memoir.
The TV adaptation of the guide “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 id as ‘a starlet’s mom,’” set to be performed by Aniston, the streaming service stated.
Aniston at present 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 “price sharing.” She additionally needed to assist readers heal from their very own tough childhoods.
“I felt compelled to write down it,” stated McCurdy, now 33. “I believe that’s usually the case with anyone who’s within the arts, that after you are 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 “sophisticated 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 in a position to simply have moments the place I miss her, and I believe it’s due to the huge therapeutic that occurred by way of remedy and in the end by way of the validation of this guide and different individuals sharing their tales with me.”
