{"id":360671,"date":"2026-04-02T18:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360671\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:40:09","slug":"netflix-orders-the-corrections-limited-series-starring-meryl-streep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360671\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Orders &#8216;The Corrections&#8217; Limited Series Starring Meryl Streep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Another high-profile TV package has been won by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> in a competitive situation. The streamer has landed <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-corrections\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-corrections\" data-tag=\"the-corrections\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Corrections<\/a>, based on Jonathan Franzen\u2019s bestselling 2001 novel, with three-time Oscar winner <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/meryl-streep\/\" id=\"auto-tag_meryl-streep\" data-tag=\"meryl-streep\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meryl Streep<\/a> attached to star. Franzen is adapting his book, and Oscar winner <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/cord-jefferson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cord-jefferson\" data-tag=\"cord-jefferson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cord Jefferson<\/a> (American Fiction, Watchmen) is directing all episodes of the limited drama from Paramount Television Studios, which has received a straight-to-series order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAt Netflix, The Corrections will be part of the prestige drama slate overseen by VP Nora Skinner. Building up that part of the portfolio has been a big priority for Netflix under Head of UCAN (U.S. and Canada) Scripted Series Jinny Howe who recruited Skinner from HBO in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNetflix\u2019s prestige roster includes several series the streamer landed in bidding wars, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/03\/rabbit-rabbit-cast-netflix-hostage-drama-series-adam-driver-1236762577\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rabbit, Rabbit<\/a> starring Adam Driver, which is headed into production; <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/03\/enigma-variations-netflix-aaron-taylor-johnson-jeremy-allen-white-1236759952\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enigma Variations<\/a> starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson; <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/so-far-gone-netflix-series-mark-bomback-tomorrow-studios-1236652228\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">So Far Gone<\/a>, from writer Mark Bomback; <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/10\/black-hole-netflix-series-graphic-novel-1236594924\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Hole<\/a>, based on Charles Burns\u2019 graphic novels; <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/10\/netflix-weather-girl-tv-series-baby-reindeer-brian-watkins-julia-mcdermott-1236163131\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather Girl<\/a> starring Julia McDermott; and Thumblite, which is currently in limbo after showrunner changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBased on Franzen\u2019s National Book Award-winning novel, The Corrections is a sharply comic portrait of a Midwestern family whose three unmoored adult siblings desperately resist their mother\u2019s wish for one last Christmas together \u2013 each undone by the delusional ambitions that were supposed to save them from becoming their parents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStreep (Don\u2019t Look Up, Big Little Lies) will play the mother, Enid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tShe executive produces with Franzen, Jefferson, Mark Roybal (Task, Mare of Easttown) and Paul Lee (Task, The Summer I Turned Pretty) for wiip; and former <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/paramount-tv-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_paramount-tv-studios\" data-tag=\"paramount-tv-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount TV Studios<\/a> President Nicole Clemens (Sexy Beast, Shantaram).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mark-Roybal-Paul-Lee-Nicole-Clemens-and-Jonathan-Franzen.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Roybal, Paul Lee, Nicole Clemens and Jonathan Franzen\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"577\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMark Roybal, Paul Lee, Nicole Clemens and Jonathan Franzen<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSharon Suh\/Getty\/Courtesy\/Shelby Graham<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNetflix bought The Corrections from Paramount TV Studios, which is owned by Paramount, the company that recently outbid Netflix for Warner Bros. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFor The Corrections, the roles were reversed, with Netflix outbidding Paramount+, among others. I hear PTVS pitched the project to its sibling streamer, which made an offer. HBO did not, having developed its own take on Franzen\u2019s book a decade and a half ago, sources said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe streaming-focused PTVS was formed after last August\u2019s Skydance-Paramount Global merger to supply Paramount+ and outside platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThis marks the second Netflix series order for a series that originated at the now-defunct Paramount TV Studios under Clemens, along with the upcoming Little House On the Prairie reboot, which <a href=\"https:\/\/Cord%20Jefferson%20%7C%20IMDbPro%20https:\/\/pro.imdb.com\/name\/nm6852255\/%20%20Legal%20Representative:%20Ziffren%20Brittenham%20%7C%20pro.imdb.com\/company\/co0046182\/%20Website:%20http:\/\/ziffrenlaw.com%20Phone:%20+1%20310%20552%203388%20Fax:%20+1%20310%20553%207068%20Main%20Address:%201801%20Century%20Park%20W,%20Los%20Angeles,%2090067,%20CA,%20USA%20Representative:%20%20-%20Dean%20Bahat%20%7C%20pro.imdb.com\/name\/nm6816504\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">already has been renewed<\/a> for a second season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Corrections, Little House On the Prairie and the rest of PTVS\u2019 slate <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/09\/meryl-streep-tv-adaption-the-corrections-1236101801\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moved to sibling CBS Studios<\/a> after the label <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/08\/paramount-television-studios-shut-down-1236038486\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was shut down in August 2024<\/a>. When the PTVS moniker was resurrected after Skydance\u2019s acquisition of Paramount Global for a new production unit combining the assets of Skydance Television, Showtime\/MTV Entertainment Studios, Nickelodeon live-action and Awesomeness, the majority of the old PTVS slate that had migrated to CBS Studios, including The Corrections, reverted back to the new PTVS. (A handful of PTVS projects that had moved further along while at CBS Studios, including Little House on the Prairie and Apple TV+\u2019s Murderbot, stayed there.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThis is the latest competitive TV project to go to Netflix over the past several months as the streamer has been aggressive about filling its pipeline. It joins Next Door, starring Tessa Thompson, as well as a few that Netflix won with straight-to-series orders: Rabbit, Rabbit; So Far Gone; Joshua Zetumer\u2019s spec Pagans; Black Hole; and Trigger Point, starring Joel Edgerton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHBO in 2021 ordered a pilot for The Corrections from Noah Baumbach, Franzen and Scott Rudin, who had been developing the book adaptation for a decade, originally as a feature. The pilot, which featured an all-star cast of Chris Cooper, Dianne Wiest, Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans and Greta Gerwig, did not go forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn addition to The Corrections, PTVS produces Netflix\u2019s popular comedy series Emily In Paris and XO, Kitty. The streamer also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/01\/mayor-of-kingstown-seal-team-watson-netflix-paramount-1236690709\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nabbed U.S. streaming rights<\/a> to the studio\u2019s Paramount+ series from Taylor Sheridan, The Mayor of Kingstown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThis marks Streep\u2019s third lead role in a limited series. She won an Emmy for both previous ones, NBC\u2019s Holocaust and HBO\u2019s Angels In America. She has received Supporting Actress Emmy nominations for her other two major series roles to date, on HBO\u2019s Big Little Lies (drama) and Hulu\u2019s Only Murders In the Building (comedy).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn features, Streep next is reprising her Oscar-nominated role as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada 2, which is being released May 1. She is repped by CAA and Gendler, Kelly &amp; Cunningham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tJefferson, an Oscar and BAFTA Award winner for his American Fiction screenplay, won a Writing for a Limited Series Emmy for Watchmen, shared with Damon Lindelof. He is repped by CAA, 3 Arts and Ziffren Brittenham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFranzen is repped by Rich Green at The Gotham Group, Susan Golomb at Writers House, and lawyer Alex Kohner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Another high-profile TV package has been won by Netflix in a competitive situation. 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