5 years in the past, Apple satisfied Jennifer Aniston to return to the small display screen, making her one of many highest-paid TV stars in Hollywood, alongside The Morning Present co-star Reese Witherspoon. Now, whilst her Apple TV+ debut collection is about to kick off its fourth season this fall, Aniston is collaborating with Apple on one other Apple TV+ unique drama.
Earlier at present, Apple introduced that Aniston will star and government produce in a brand new dramedy, I’m Glad My Mother Died, impressed by the New York Occasions bestselling memoir of the identical title by former little one actress Jennette McCurdy.
Aniston will star within the function of the controlling mom, a personality akin to Faye Dunaway’s portrayal of Joan Crawford within the 1981 movie Mommy Dearest. Nonetheless, McCurdy’s e book presents a extra darkly humorous take that may undoubtedly be mirrored within the screenplay, as Apple’s press launch hints at.
“I’m Glad My Mother Died” is a heartbreaking and hilarious recounting of McCurdy’s struggles as a former little one actor whereas coping with her overbearing, domineering mom. The dramedy will middle on the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in successful child’s present, and her narcissistic mom who relishes in her identification as “a starlet’s mom,” set to be performed by Aniston.
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However, the e book offers with some harrowing truths of McCurdy’s experiences as a toddler star who had an emotionally and psychologically abusive relationship together with her mom, together with consuming problems and emotional manipulation. In her e book, McCurdy, who’s greatest recognized for her portrayal of Sam Puckett in Nickelodeon’s iCarly and the spinoff collection Sam & Cat, recounts these tales with dry wit, sarcasm, and considerably deadpan humor.
McCurdy will helm the present alongside Ari Katcher, the place each will function writers, government producers, and showrunners. This implies that the present will stay trustworthy to the supply materials, though Apple is cautious to say it’s “impressed” by the memoir, so some inventive liberties could also be taken.
It should additionally current an excellent darker function for Jennifer Aniston. That’s a captivating and considerably ironic twist for the actress who broke into stardom for her portrayal of Rachel Inexperienced in Pals and subsequently discovered herself typecast as a “girl-next-door” lead in a collection of rom-coms.
Nonetheless, Aniston proved her mettle as a critical dramatic actress on The Morning Present, the place her portrayal of lead co-anchor Alex Levy was nothing in need of sensational — or, as one movie critic put it, “TV so glorious it’ll make you completely resent Pals.”
Whereas Jennifer Aniston was already an Emmy, SAG, and Golden Globe award-winning actress earlier than she joined Apple TV+, she garnered ten extra nominations and a prestigious SAG award for The Morning Present, a lot of which got here even earlier than the primary season had completed its run.
Whereas the fourth season of The Morning Present has completed manufacturing, sources anticipate Apple’s hit collection to be picked up for at the very least yet another season. In response to Deadline, this new collection gained’t impression Aniston’s work on The Morning Present, which she’ll proceed to star in and government produce alongside Reese Witherspoon if it goes right into a fifth season. Nonetheless, with the spacing between seasons of Apple TV+ exhibits, that might not be an excessive amount of of a problem, because it’s doubtless there will probably be loads of time to slot in the manufacturing of I’m Glad My Mother Died with out an excessive amount of juggling of schedules.
There’s no phrase but on a launch date and even who will painting McCurdy’s character, so it’s unlikely we’ll see the brand new collection hit Apple TV+ till at the very least late 2026.