Jennette McCurdy’s bombshell bestseller is coming to the small display screen. The actress’s memoir, “I’m Glad My Mother Died,” has been greenlit for a 10-episode miniseries, which is able to air on Apple TV+, with the titular mom position already solid.
McCurdy will tackle the roles of showrunner, author, and govt producer for the collection, alongside Ari Katcher (Ramy and The Carmichael Present). As of July 3, Jennifer Aniston has been solid within the position of McCurdy’s mom, Debra, with different casting information but to be introduced, as per Deadline.
The dramedy collection, as described in Apple’s press release, will entail “a heartbreaking and hilarious recounting of McCurdy’s struggles as a former youngster actor whereas coping with her overbearing, domineering mom.” The discharge goes on to iterate the precise timeline and setting of the present.
“The dramedy will centre on the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in successful children’ present, and her narcissistic mom who relishes in her identification as ‘a starlet’s mom,’ set to be performed by Aniston.”
From the outline to date, it seems the present will adhere intently to the themes of McCurdy’s authentic ebook, which spent 80 weeks on the New York Times bestseller record following its 2022 launch. Assuredly, for readers, notably in the best way that McCurdy’s writing balances the tragic and the comedic.
“I positively laughed a ton whereas writing; I cried whereas writing,” she informed The Hollywood Reporter in August 2022.
“To me, [it’s] about being sincere with the dynamic expertise of being an individual: the highs, the lows, the humorous, the unhappy, the drama, the comedy. It’s all of these layers.”
Whereas we don’t have a launch date but, when it does air, one thing tells us the memoir’s TV adaptation might be inspiring simply as many tears and simply as many laughs.
