Tara Miele (“Wander Darkly”) will direct a film adaptation of comedy icon Carol Burnett’s bestselling memoir “Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story”. Miele will also adapt the screenplay.
The story will track the ups and downs of Burnett’s life as a working mom, star and producer, as seen through the lens of her close relationship with daughter Carrie Hamilton who battled public addiction as a teen. Hamilton lived as a sober adult before dying of cancer at 38.
In development at Focus Features in 2019, the project is reportedly in negotiations to jump to Apple where it will be released as an original. Burnett, Tina Fey, Steven Rogers and Eric Gurian will produce.
Source: Patently Apple