Netflix has snagged The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen and given it a straight-to-series order. The limited series will star Meryl Streep, and the three-time Oscar winner will also serve as an executive producer.
Franzen is a National Book Award winner for his bestseller, which was published in 2001. Franzen’s adapting his novel, and Oscar winner Cord Jefferson (American Fiction) is on board to direct.
Streep will star as Enid. The other key characters—Alfred, Gary, Chip, and Denise—have not been cast. Netflix also hasn’t set a target premiere date. Streep, Jefferson, Mark Roybal (Mare of Easttown), Paul Lee (The Summer I Turned Pretty), and Nicole Clemens (Sexy Beast).
Netflix’s synopsis reads: “Starring Meryl Streep, The Corrections is a sharply comic portrait of a Midwestern family whose three unmoored adult siblings desperately resist their mother’s wish for one last Christmas together—each undone by the delusional ambitions that were supposed to save them from becoming their parents.
Franzen’s 2001 novel, a No. 1 New York Times bestseller, follows Enid, Alfred, and their children, Gary, Chip, and Denise, during a particularly tense holiday gathering.
Gary might be clinically depressed. Chip lost his job and is struggling professionally. Denise is potentially caught up in an affair. Alfred’s struggling with dementia. Amidst all their pain and many forks in the road, Enid is determined to deliver the best—and potentially final—family Christmas.”
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