Overview
- Aniston says she and McCurdy “had very similar moms,” noting a personal connection as they prepare for the adaptation of I’m Glad My Mom Died.
- Apple TV+ has ordered a 10-episode dramedy based on McCurdy’s 2022 memoir, with production now moving toward the start of filming.
- McCurdy will write, executive produce and co-showrun the series with Ari Katcher, shaping the story drawn from her experiences as a child actor.
- Aniston is attached as star and executive producer, playing a fictionalized version of the mother at the center of the memoir’s mother–daughter dynamic.
- The series logline describes a codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress on a hit kids’ show and her narcissistic mother, with Apple Studios producing and additional executive producers including Sharon Horgan, LuckyChap, Jerrod Carmichael and Erica Kay.