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Jonathan Franzen's book 'The Corrections' coming to HBO

'The Corrections,' Jonathan Franzen's 2001 story of a troubled family, will air on HBO with Franzen working with director Noah Baumbach and producer Scott Rudin on the project.

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Jonathan Franzen says he is "really engaged" in the HBO adaptation of his acclaimed 2001 book "The Corrections."

Author Jonathan Franzen confirmed at The New Yorker Festival that his award-winning 2001 novel 鈥淭he Corrections鈥 is being adapted as an HBO series.

Franzen is writing the adaptation of the book for the screen, he said. He said he is working on the project with screenwriter and director Noah Baumbach, who wrote and directed 鈥Greenberg鈥 and "The Squid and the Whale,鈥 for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Writing/Original Screenplay. Franzen said Scott Rudin, the executive producer of 鈥Moneyball鈥 among other projects, would also be involved, although he did not explain the exact roles Baumbach and Rudin would fill on the project.

The series will be divided into four seasons to be aired over the course of four years.

Rumor has it Anthony Hopkins has expressed interest in playing Alfred, the father, in the adaptation. Donald Sutherland has also been mentioned as a candidate for the part although Franzen himself once said that he favored Gene Hackman. There have been no announcements about the casting yet.

Franzen鈥檚 2001 novel tells the story of three months in the life of the Lambert family, who live in the St. Louis-like city of St. Jude. Alfred has just been diagnosed with Parkinson鈥檚 disease and his wife is determined to bring her children together for Christmas. The three Lambert children are: Gary, who is going through problems with his own family; Chip, who鈥檚 getting roped into an investment scam in Lithuania; and Denise, a chef who鈥檚 exploring her sexual identity.

Franzen released his latest book, 鈥淔reedom,鈥 which tells the story of the troubled Berglund family, in 2010.

Molly Driscoll is a Monitor contributor.

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