Claire Danes Reuniting With MY SO-CALLED LIFE Creator Winnie Holzman For THE APPLEBAUM CURSE
Three-time Emmy winner Claire Danes (Romeo + Juliet, Homeland) is reuniting with Winnie Holzman, the creator of My So-Called Life, the series that gave Danes her big break as a 15 year old. This new project they’re collaborating on is the family drama series The Applebaum Curse.
Per the logline, The Applebaum Curse is being eyed as an “ongoing one-hour drama series about a dysfunctional family with Claire Danes as the lead role.” Danes would also serve as an executive producer on the series in addition to starring, while Holzman would serve as writer/exec producer as well as showrunner.
Holzman shared the news on the red carpet at this weekend’s Writers Guild Awards, where she was nominated in adapted screenplay (along with Dana Fox) for the film Wicked.
Holzman made it clear that The Applebaum Curse isn’t a My So-Called Life reboot, as “it’s a completely different story. But we’re hopeful that we’re gonna work together again.
“I’m writing it now, and it’s hopefully gonna be at HBO, so we’ll see. I have to cross my fingers! You never know what’s gonna happen, but Claire would love to do this with me, so I’m excited.”
Most recently, Danes starred in the FX limited series Fleishman Is In Trouble, for which she was nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe. And next she’s set to star in the Netflix limited series The Beast in Me, which she exec produces with Gabe Rotter, Howard Gordon, Jodie Foster and Conan O’Brien.
via: Variety
