The Corrections [HBO]

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Fans of the bestselling 2001 Jonathan Franzen novel "The Corrections" have been teased with feature-film talk endlessly over the years - at different points both Stephen Daldry and Robert Zemeckis were attached to direct - until it was finally announced last month that the adaptation would be taking the shape of an HBO TV series instead. Now the project has nabbed one lead in two-time Oscar winner Dianne Wiest, with Chris Cooper in talks to star alongside her. The two would be playing Enid and Alfred Lambert, the central Midwest couple featured in the novel.
The adaptation has struggled to make it to the screen since producer Scott Rudin bought the film rights prior to the book's publication in August 2001, with various actors having been rumored for various roles over the years, including Judi Dench, Brad Pitt, Naomi Watts, Tim Robbins and Anthony Hopkins. Even at this point it isn't assured that HBO will greenlight the series, though if they bag a few more heavy-hitters for the roles of Alfred and Enid's children it's looking pretty good.
"The Corrections" centers on the Lambert family - including adult siblings Gary, Chip and Denise - as they come together on Christmas and are forced to grapple with Alfred's deteriorating mental state. The book also delves deeply into the fraught personal histories of each individual family member at different points in the narrative.
Franzen co-wrote the adaptation with Noah Baumbach ("The Squid and the Whale", "Greenberg"), who will direct the pilot.
"The Corrections" was heavily praised on release and went on to win the 2001 National Book Award. It's considered by many critics to be one of the greatest novels of the early 21st century.

gazzer

This would be great if it happens. I love that book.

JP Liz V1

http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/ewan-mcgregor-to-star-in-noah-baumbach-scott-rudins-hbo-pilot-the-corrections/

HBO’s drama pilot The Corrections continues to assemble a stellar cast. In his first regular TV series gig, Ewan McGregor has been tapped to co-star in the Noah Baumbach/Scott Rudin project, joining previously cast Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest. Based on Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed book, The Corrections revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple (Cooper and Wiest), and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to “one last Christmas” together near the turn of the millennium. McGregor will play Chip, the middle child, a Marxist academic who lost his tenure-track position over an affair with a student and now works for a Lithuanian crime boss defrauding American investors. Baumbach and Franzen co-wrote the adaptation, with Baumbach set to direct the pilot. The two are executive producing with Rudin.

Richard Dower

HBO has passed on the pilot, not going to series:

http://tvline.com/2012/05/01/the-corrections-dead-hbo/

http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/05/corrections-hbo-passes-on-pilot.html

JP Liz V1

Richard Dower wrote: »

HBO has passed on the pilot, not going to series:

http://tvline.com/2012/05/01/the-corrections-dead-hbo/

http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/05/corrections-hbo-passes-on-pilot.html

:eek:

Could another network pick it up now?