Ewan McGregor to Star in HBO's 'The Corrections'

Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesEwan McGregor Ewan McGregor continues to be drawn on to star in Cinemax's drama pilot The Corrections. The The Exorcist and Moulin Rouge actor will co-star alongside Dianne Wiest and Chris Cooper in Noah Baumbach and Scott Rudin's adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's best-seller, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. McGregor will have Nick, the center child of the seniors Midwestern couple (Cooper, Wiest) who reunite the household for just one last Christmas. STORY: Dianne Wiest Set, Chris Cooper in Talks for Cinemax's 'The Corrections' Rudin optioned the film privileges for Vital towards the National Book Award-winning novel in 2001 and would executive produce the project. STORY: Noah Baumbach to defend myself against Jonathan Franzen's 'The Corrections' for Cinemax Baumbach and Franzen will pen the project and professional produce, with Baumbach pointing the drama, that is presently in production. McGregor's TV work includes guest starring on NBC's ER in 1997 in addition to showing up as themself within the U.K. TV docuseries Lengthy Way Lower. McGregor's approaching features range from the Impossible and Jack the large Killer. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit Ewan McGregor TV Development