Jennifer Aniston will star within the collection adaptation of Jennette McCurdy’s bestselling memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died.”
The guide, revealed in 2022, particulars McCurdy’s time as a baby actor on Nickelodeon and her fraught relationship together with her mom, who died in 2013. The ten-episode Apple TV+ dramedy “will center on 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,’” per the logline. Aniston will play the mom.
McCurdy, who starred in Nickelodeon’s “iCarly” and “Sam & Cat,” is writing, government producing and showrunning the Apple TV+ collection with Ari Katcher, finest identified for “Ramy.” Aniston, who at the moment stars within the Apple TV+ collection “The Morning Show” alongside Reese Witherspoon, can also be an government producer.
“I’m Glad My Mom Died” spent greater than 80 weeks on the New York Instances Finest Sellers listing and offered 3 million-plus copies.
Along with chronicling her troubled relationship together with her mother, McCurdy describes her expertise with a person she calls “the Creator.” She alleges that he pressured her to drink whereas underage and gave her massages, and that Nickelodeon provided her hush cash to not speak about her experiences. Notably, McCurdy didn’t return for the “iCarly” reboot in 2021.
The 2024 docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” detailed the alleged abuse and discrimination behind a few of Nickelodeon’s most beloved exhibits, akin to “All That,” “The Amanda Show” and “iCarly,” together with by the hands of prolific TV creator Dan Schneider.
Aniston will return for Season 4 of “The Morning Show” on Sept. 17. She was nominated for an Emmy final 12 months for her position as Alex Levy within the present.
