Meryl Streep in Netflix's The Corrections

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Meryl Streep is jumping into a big Netflix series based on Jonathan France's 2001 novel,

The Corrections.

The 76-year-old Oscar winner will play the matriarch, Enid Lambert, who's trying to rally

her three adult kids home for one last Christmas as her husband Alfred's Parkinson's gets worse.

Netflix dropped the news on April 2nd.

The book was the number one New York Times bestseller, snagged the 2001 National Book

Award for Fiction, and made the finalist list for the 2002 Pulitzer.

Oscar winner, Core Jefferson, Fresh Off Watchman and American Fiction, is directing while

Frans and himself pins the adaptation.

Streep isn't just starring.

She's an executive producer too, teaming up with Jefferson, Frans and others like Nicole

Clemens and Paul Lee.

Fans are buzzing about this family drama, hitting the small screen after years of hype around

Frans and's work.

No release day yet, but Streep's got more on deck.

She's reprising her iconic Miranda Priestly role opposite Anne Hathaway in The Devil

Wares Prada 2, Hata 2, hitting theaters May 1st, 2026.

That's another nod to her literary roots, pulling from Laura Weisberger's 2003 novel,

with Frans and other books like Freedom and Crossroads already eyeing adaptations, Streep's

lining up to deliver some heavy hitting stories that cut.

Deep into family ties and real life struggles.