the screenwriter and director Noah Baumbach were preparing The Corrections as a "drama series project," to potentially co-star Anthony Hopkins and air on HBO. Baumbach and Franzen collaborated on the screenplay, which Baumbach would direct. In 2011, it was announced that Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest would star in the HBO adaptation. In November 2011, it was announced that Ewan McGregor had joined the cast. In a March 7, 2012, interview, McGregor confirmed that work on the film was "about a week" in and noted that both Dianne Wiest and Maggie Gyllenhaal were among the cast members. But on May 1, 2012, HBO decided not to pick up the pilot for a full series. Radio adaptation In January 2015, the BBC broadcast a 15-part radio dramatisation of the work. The series of 15-minute episodes, adapted by Marcy Kahan and directed by Emma Harding, also starred Richard Schiff (The West Wing), Maggie Steed (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), Colin Stinton (Rush, The Bourne Ultimatum) and Julian Rhind-Tutt (Lucy, Rush, Notting Hill). The series was part of BBC Radio 4's 15 Minute Drama "classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations". References External links Jonathan Franzen's web page about The Corrections Interview with Franzen in BOMB magazine issue 77 Listen to 2001 Interview with Jonathan Franzen, conducted by Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air Answering Viewers' Questions at Big Think from April 14, 2008 The Complete Review: detailed summary and overview of reviews BBC Radio programme page, 15 Minute Drama James Wood review 2001 American novels Novels by Jonathan Franzen Novels set in the 1990s Family saga novels Farrar, Straus and Giroux books Works originally published in The Paris Review Novels adapted into radio programs National Book Award for Fiction winning works PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction-winning works