Tina Fey To Produce Adaptation of Carol Burnett's Memoir For the Big Screen

It has been reported that comedy legend Carol Burnett's memoir Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story will get a big screen adaptation.

Tina Fey and Eric Gurian and Steven Rogers will produce the adaptation for Focus Features.

The book explores Burnett's life and career through her relationship with her daughter, Carrie Hamilton, who passed away in 2002.

Burnett, an award-winning actress, and best-selling author is widely recognized by the public and her peers for her comedic and dramatic roles on television, film and Broadway, most notably "The Carol Burnett Show."

Named in 2007 by Time magazine as one of 100 Best Television Shows of All Time, "The Carol Burnett Show" ran for 11 years, averaged 30 million viewers per week and received 25 Emmy Awards, MAKING IT one of the most honored shows in television history.

Burnett also has been honored with Emmys, People's Choice Awards, the Horatio Alger Award, an Ace Award, the Peabody and a Grammy. A KENNEDY Center Honoree, the recipient of the KENNEDY Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, she was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Burnett was celebrated by her colleagues and fellow actors with the Life Achievement Award at the 2016 SAG Awards.