Overview

• Aniston discussed her connection to McCurdy’s story, saying they “have a lot in common” and “had very similar moms.”
• The Apple TV+ adaptation is based on McCurdy’s 2022 memoir about her experience as a child actor and her abusive mother, Debra, who died in 2013.
• McCurdy will write and co-showrun the series with Ari Katcher, maintaining creative control over the 10-episode dramedy.
• Aniston is slated to portray the mother and serve as an executive producer, praising the book as “so beautifully written.”
• The project lists collaborators including Sharon Horgan and LuckyChap, with additional executive producers Jerrod Carmichael and Erica Kay, and is preparing to begin production without a announced start date.