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Netflix makes television adaptation correction

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Dan Barrett
Apr 02, 2026
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Back in 2012, HBO famously filmed and scrapped a pilot adaptation of the Jonathan Franzen novel The Corrections. It was set to star an all-star cast, including Ewan McGregor, Dianne Wiest, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story, The Squid & The Whale, Barbie) was leading the project.

With that cast, Baumbach, and it based on a beloved book…

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