Jennette McCurdy‘s life and words are headed to Apple TV+.
The streaming platform recently revealed that they have secured a show based on the memoir of former iCarly and Sam & Cat actress. The memoir titled I’m Glad My Mom Died was published in 2022 and achieved significant success by staying on the New York Times Best Seller list for more than 80 weeks. It has been reported that over 3 million copies of McCurdy’s memoir have been sold, as per information available on Simon & Schuster’s website.
Joining the cast of the series is the well-known actress Jennifer Aniston, recognized for her role in The Morning Show on Apple TV+. Aniston will not only be taking on the role of executive producer for the show but will also portray McCurdy’s mother in the series.
According to a statement by Apple TV+, McCurdy’s memoir is characterized as “an emotional and amusing narrative detailing her challenges as a former child star while navigating her intense and controlling mother.”
“The dramedy will center on the the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in a hit kid’s show, and her narcissistic mother who relishes in her identity as ‘a starlet’s mother,’ set to be played by Aniston,” the press release details.
Other executive producers on the 10-episode series include McCurdy and Ari Katcher (who also serve as writers and showrunners), Bad Sisters creator Sharon Horgan and Stacy Greenberg for Merman; Dani Gorin, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara for LuckyChap; Jerrod Carmichael, and Erica Kay.
McCurdy opened up further about the abusive and traumatic relationship she had with her mother on the press tour for her book, reading a startling email she received from her calling her “a little slut” and “a floozy” on Red Table Talk, and recalling the moment she learned that the father she grew up with was not her biological father on The Drew Barrymore Show. In her book, McCurdy also looked back on the stresses and competition involved in child fame, and confessed to being “jealous” of her Sam & Cat co-star Ariana Grande, who at the time was a “burgeoning pop star.”
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