Claire Danes Reuniting With My So-Called Life Creator for New HBO Series
Titled The Applebaum Curse, the series is being described as a one-hour drama about a dysfunctional family led by Danes. Holzman would serve as showrunner, executive-producing alongside Danes.
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'I am writing something that I'm hoping to do with Claire,' Holzman told Variety at the Writers Guild of America Awards. 'It's not a reboot in the traditional sense, but I think Claire Danes and I back together would be a kind of version of that. … It's a completely different story, but we're hopeful that we're gonna work together again. I'm writing it now, and it's hopefully gonna be at HBO, so we'll see. I have to cross my fingers! You never know what's gonna happen, but Claire would love to do this with me, so I'm excited.'
My So-Called Life, which ran for just one season on ABC from 1994 to 1995, starred Danes as angsty teen Angela Chase. The ensemble cast of then-newcomers also included Wilson Cruz and Jared Leto, the latter of whom cemented a place for himself in teen TV history as dreamboat Jordan Catalano.
Despite its brief run, My So-Called Life earned four Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 1995. Danes also took home the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. (Also of note: TVLine ranked My So-Called Life as the second best TV teen drama of all time.)
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