According to Deadline, Netflix has greenlight The Corps, from Andy Parker (Imposters, Tales of the City) and Norman Lear (The Facts of Life, Good Times). It will star Miles Heizer (13 Reasons Why, Parenthood) and Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel, The Conjuring). The series is inspired by The Pink Marine, Greg Cope White’s (I Know Where Lizzie Is, Holiday Rush) memoir.
The Corps is set in 1990 and follows a bullied, gay high school student, Cameron, who joins the Marine Corps with his straight best friend, Ray. This is a dangerous move in a time when being gay in the military could mean jail time or worse. The two boys join a platoon of young men on a harrowing journey of transformation when they plunge into Marine Corps boot camp, filled with both literal and metaphorical landmines.
Heizer will play Cameron and Farmiga will play his mother Barbara.
The series will be ten parts and produced by Sony Pictures Television. Parker will showrun as well as write with U.S. Marine Greg Cope White, who will also produce the series. The first episode will be executive produced and directed by Peter Hoar (The Last of Us, The Umbrella Academy). Along with Parker, The Corps will be executive produced by Lear, Scott Hornbacher (Interview, Are You Here), Rachel Davidson (Way Past Cool, Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars), and Brent Miller (Ninjago, Transformers: Armada).
The Corps will also star Angus O’Brien (Night Sky, Hightown), Joy Osmanski (Stargirl, Ducanville), Max Parker (Vampire Academy, Emmerdale Farm), Anthony Marble (Preacher, Queen Sugar), Johnathan Nieves (Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies), Brandon Tyler Moore (Law & Order, The Tetris Murders), Ana Ayora (Banshee, In the Dark), Logan Gould (Jimmy’s Jungle, A Tiger’s Tail), Dominic Goodman (First Kill, He’s All That), Liam Oh (The Thing About Harry, The Corps), Rico Paris (Tall Girl, Crush), Ivan Hoey Jr. (The Devil All the Time, 22 Jump Street), Nicholas Logan (NCIS: New Orleans, Hap and Leonard), Cedrick Cooper (Will Trent, Naomi), Kieron Moore (Vampire Academy, Sex Education), Zach Roerig (The Vampire Diaries, Friday Night Lights), and Blake Burt (Pitch Perfect 2, Unhuman).