Overview
- Netflix gave a straight-to-series order for The Corrections, a limited drama based on Jonathan Franzen's 2001 novel.
- Meryl Streep will play the mother, Enid, with Franzen adapting his book and Cord Jefferson directing every episode.
- Streep, Franzen, Jefferson, Mark Roybal and Paul Lee for wiip, and Nicole Clemens will serve as executive producers.
- Paramount Television Studios will produce the series, which Netflix acquired after the project changed hands through corporate reshuffling.
- HBO previously developed a pilot that did not move forward, and Netflix is placing this version on a prestige roster overseen by Nora Skinner under Jinny Howe.