‘The Corrections’ Adaptation at CBS Studios
The Oscar and Emmy winner is attached to a drama project of Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed novel.
CBS is in the early stages of development a drama based on the acclaimed 2001 novel, with Franzen adapting his own work and executive producing. The project doesn’t have a streaming or network outlet attached.
The CBS Studios project is the second attempt at a TV adaptation of The Corrections. HBO shot a pilot for a series adaptation in 2012 that starred Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest but did not take it to series.
A National Book Award winner in 2001, The Corrections centers on a Midwestern family whose patriarch is in failing health gathering for Christmas, while tracking the lives of the parents and their three adult children over several decades.
Streep would play the family’s mother, who is fixated on the idea of a final celebration before her husband’s dementia worsens.
The rights to Franzen’s novel have been at Paramount since producer Scott Rudin optioned the book in the early 2000s. The current project had been housed at Paramount TV Studios but moved to CBS Studios last month when Paramount Global shut down PTVS.
Streep currently appears in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. The Oscar and Emmy winner’s recent work also includes season two of HBO’s Big Little Lies and feature films Don’t Look Up, Let Them All Talk and the 2019 Little Women.
