Ewan McGregor To Star In Noah Baumbach/ Scott Rudins Cinemax Pilot The Corrections

EXCLUSIVE: Cinemax’s drama pilot The Corrections is constantly on the assemble an outstanding cast. In the first regular TV series gig, Ewan McGregor continues to be drawn on to co-star within the Noah Baumbach/Scott Rudin project, joining formerly cast Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest. According to Jonathan Franzens acclaimed book, The Corrections involves the troubles of the Midwestern couple (Cooper and Wiest), and their three adult children because they trace their lives in the mid-20th century to 1 last Christmas together near the turn from the millennium. McGregor will have Nick, the center child, a Marxist academic who lost his tenure-track position over an affair having a student and today is employed by a Lithuanian crime boss defrauding American traders. Baumbach and Franzen co-authored the variation, with Baumbach set to direct the pilot. The 2 are executive creating with Rudin. Trainspotting and The Exorcist star McGregor will next be observed in Fish Fishing Within The Yemen, Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire and Bryan Singer’s Jack the large Killer. UTA-repped McGregor’s only previous series stint would be a guest appearance on ER, which gained him an Emmy nomination in 1997.