Actress Jamie Lee Curtis will bring to life the story of Sara Cunningham, the religious Oklahoma woman who offers to be a stand-in mum at same-sex weddings.
Speaking to Buzzfeed News last year, Cunningham said that she was first inspired to start the free mum hugs initiative by her own gay son.
"I thought, 'If my son is going to hell for being gay I’m gonna fight for him like my hair is on fire,'" she said.
She added: "Since then I’ve gotten educated and no longer believe that — so now I’ve [been] fighting for him and the LGBTQ community like my hair is on fire because I’ve seen the power of what fear and ignorance can do.
"People need hope — I sure do — and we need to be that for each other in any way, shape, or form. Hope never disappoints."
Last year Curtis tweeted a selfie of herself with Cunningham, writing: "Spent the day with my doppelgänger, inspirational mama bear, leader, author and social activist, Sara Cunningham, whose program @freemomhugs offers support to LBGTQ members whose families don’t."
Curtis has now confirmed that she has bought the rights to Cunningham's 2014 memoir, How We Sleep At Night.
Speaking to the Washington Post, Curtis said that she was "moved" by Cunningham's journey.
She continued: "I continue to be thrilled as her movement is catching on. I hope to do justice to her story and the story of so many marginalised people in the LGBTQ community. I saw the impact that her movement has already had, in and around Oklahoma City."
"It’s exciting to watch something that was born out of such conflict develop into something of such deep compassion and expansive acceptance," she said.
Reflecting on the impact she's had, Cunningham said: "I never dreamed that something I posted out of frustration would take off like this. But I’m glad that it did."
