Do the Lamberts need more troubles? Fans of Jonathan Franzen's novel The Corrections got excited that the tome would be adapted by HBO last year, delighting to the tantalizing casting news trickling out every now and then. But now the cable network has decided "it's passing on the pricey adaptation."
Last year, it was announced that the Lambert clan would be headed up by Dianne Wiest and Chris Cooper as the parents and Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal would play two of the three children. Plus, Franzen and Noah Baumbach were adapting the novel and Scott Rudin was producing! What could go wrong?
Deadline claims, "Word is HBO brass liked the pilot and the performances but the decision came down to adapting the book’s challenging narrative, which moves through time and cuts forwards and back. While that works in the novel, it proved difficult to sustain in a series and challenging for viewers to follow, hampering the potential show’s accessibility." Guess we'll have to settle for more boobs and gore on Game of Thrones.
