Three decades after My So-Called Life finished its first and only season, its creator and star are teaming up again.
Claire Danes is set to star in an HBO drama from MSCL creator Winnie Holzman. The project, titled The Applebaum Curse, is in early development at the premium cable outlet. Holzman will write the script and serve as showrunner, with Danes set to star. Both will executive produce.
HBO describes The Applebaum Curse as a drama series about a dysfunctional family, with Danes in the lead role.
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My So-Called Life premiered on ABC in September 1994 to widespread critical acclaim; it was Danes’ breakout role, winning her a Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination for lead actress in a drama series. Holzman was also Emmy nominated for writing the pilot episode. The show suffered modest ratings, however, airing against NBC’s Must-See TV comedies on Thursday nights, and was canceled after a single season.
Holzman is coming off of Wicked, for which she and Dana Fox earned a Writers Guild Award nomination for best adapted screenplay. Her TV writing credits also include thirtysomething and Once and Again. She is repped by CAA.
Danes won two Emmys for her lead role in Showtime’s Homeland. She has Netflix’s limited series The Beast in Me on deck; her recent work also includes FX’s Fleishman Is in Trouble, Max’s Full Circle and The Essex Serpent at Apple TV+. Danes is repped by WME, Signpost Management and Ziffren Brittenham.
Variety first reported the news.
