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Jennette McCurdy has formally entered her government producer period.
Her bestselling memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died is being tailored right into a dramedy collection at Apple TV+, and sure—it’s occurring *with* Jennifer Aniston starring and producing alongside her.
The ten-episode present, which has been greenlit by Apple Studios, will comply with an 18-year-old actress on a success children’ present and her difficult, codependent relationship along with her narcissistic mom—performed by Jennifer—who proudly clings to her id as “a starlet’s mom.”
Jennette isn’t simply the inspiration for the story—she’s writing, government producing and showrunning the entire thing alongside Ramy author Ari Katcher.
The present will draw instantly from her breakout memoir, which was launched in August 2022 and immediately turned a cultural reset (and a No. 1 New York Instances bestseller). In it, Jennette opened up in regards to the emotional abuse she endured throughout her childhood and Nickelodeon fame, in addition to the influence of her mom’s demise from most cancers in 2013.
“My complete childhood and adolescence have been very exploited,” she informed The New York Instances shortly after the ebook’s launch. “It nonetheless provides my nervous system a response to say it… There have been instances the place folks had the perfect intentions and perhaps didn’t know what they have been doing. And likewise instances the place they did — they knew precisely what they have been doing.”
She additionally described the ebook as a turning level in reclaiming her voice. “It felt like lastly I’m saying my phrases and saying issues I need to be saying. I’m myself.”
For the reason that memoir’s huge success, Jennette signed a two-book, seven-figure cope with Penguin Random Home’s Ballantine imprint. In accordance with her agent Peter McGuigan, she’s now centered on writing fiction. “Being a novelist is her dream job,” he informed Publishers Weekly.
As for appearing? Don’t count on her to return to your display screen anytime quickly. “I feel issues ought to really feel pure,” she informed The New York Instances. “A lot of my life was about forcing or pushing issues. So when one thing feels prefer it’s working, I’ll let that be, and anything can fall by the wayside.”
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