For years, Hollywood has been trying to adapt Jonathan Franzen’s “The Corrections.” Filmmakers like Robert Zemeckis and Stephen Daldry were attached to direct film versions of the novel.
In 2012, Noah Baumbach came closest to getting it onscreen by shooting a ‘Corrections’ pilot for HBO, starring Anthony Hopkins, Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Chris Cooper. Sadly, it never aired, and the network pulled the plug on the project.
Puck’s Matthew Belloni is now reporting that Meryl Streep is set to star in a series adaptation of “The Corrections.” The whole thing will be pitched shortly to the streamers. No director is currently attached to the project which is being described as “big, expensive, and [of] prestige.”
“The Corrections,” published in 2001, was an incredibly ambitious story that could actually fit quite well as a limited series. The plot revolved around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their adult children, tracing their lives from the mid-20th century to one last Christmas together.