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Jennette McCurdy's Memoir 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' Is Being Adapted for TV, Starring Jennifer Aniston
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Jennette McCurdy is bringing her life story to the small screen. Her 2022 bestselling memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died, is being adapted for television by Apple TV+, and a big name has already been cast. Here's everything we know so far about the forthcoming drama-comedy series.
McCurdy's memoir details her traumatic childhood at the hands of her abusive mother. She also writes about her tumultuous experience being a child star on Nickelodeon's iCarly and Sam & Cat.
The official logline says that the show, which is inspired by the memoir, is a 'heartbreaking and hilarious recounting of Jennette McCurdy's struggles as a former child actor while dealing with her overbearing, domineering mother. The dramedy will center on the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in a hit kids' show, and her narcissistic mother who relishes in her identity as 'a starlet's mother.''
McCurdy will serve as showrunner, writer, and executive producer for the series, along with Ari Katcher (Ramy, The Jerrod Carmichael Show). Carmichael, Jennifer Aniston, and Margot Robbie's LuckyChap will also executive produce.
In a previous interview with The Hollywood Reporter, McCurdy spoke about the types of projects she wants to make. 'Anything that I want to associate myself with would cover the full colorfulness of what it means to be a person—the funny, the sad, oftentimes the funny and the sad happening at the same time in the same room. Anything where the humor comes from a grounded place, a place of character flaw, a place of best intentions gone awry. Humor that comes from humanity is sort of my mission. So if there's anything that fits that, that would be my dream to be a part of.'
Jennifer Aniston will play McCurdy's mother, Debra. Other casting news has yet to be announced.
The series will have 10 episodes.
This story will be updated.
