Netflix has given a series order to The Corps (the working title), based on Greg Cope White’s The Pink Marine memoir. Described as a comedic drama, the 10-episode season has Miles Heizer (13 Reasons Why), Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel), Max Parker (Vampire Academy), and Liam Oh (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s The Notebook) on board in starring roles.
Andy Parker (Tales of the City) is writing and will executive produce and serve as showrunner. Television icon Norman Lear, Brent Miller, Rachel Davidson, and Scott Hornbacher are also executive producing, with Peter Hoar (The Last of Us) attached to direct and executive produce the first episode. Greg Cope White is writing and producing.
Netflix released the following description of The Corps along with the cast and characters:
Set in 1990, The Corps (WT) is about Cameron, a bullied, gay high school student who joins the Marine Corps with his straight best friend, Ray — a dangerous move when being gay in the military meant jail time or worse. As these two friends plunge into Marine Corps boot camp, where the landmines are both literal and metaphorical, they join a platoon of young men on a harrowing journey of transformation.
- Miles Heizer stars as “Cameron Cope.” Cameron Cope is a charming underdog — a gay, bullied teenager living in a chaotic home with his narcissistic mom — he impulsively joins the Marines with his straight best friend in hopes that he’ll finally be made into a “real man.”
- Vera Farmiga stars as “Barbara Cope.” Barbara Cope is a chameleon — always on the run from the consequences of her actions — but she becomes unmoored when her son Cameron leaves her for the Marine Corps.
- Max Parker stars as “Sgt. Sullivan.” Sgt. Sullivan is the consummate elite Recon Marine, has been decorated for valor on numerous top-secret missions, but struggles to keep his own secret hidden. Haunted by his past, Sullivan sees himself in Cameron and tries to prepare him for the same personal war he’ll face beyond boot camp.
- Liam Oh stars as “Ray McCaffey.” Ray is Cameron’s ride-or-die and the son of a strict Marine father. Ray carries the pressure of having to be best at all times, but when boot camp shakes his faith in himself, he is forced to reevaluate his life’s trajectory.
Additional Cast:
Cedrick Cooper (Will Trent) will play Staff Sgt. McKinnon.
Ana Ayora (Truth Be Told) will play Capt. Fajardo.
Angus O’Brien (Night Sky, Hightown) will play Hicks.
Dominic Goodman (First Kill) will play Nash.
Kieron Moore (Masters of the Air) will play Slovacek.
Nicholas Logan (Dark Winds) will play Sgt. Howitt.
Rico Paris (Crush) will play Santos.
Blake Burt (Unhuman) will play John Bowman.
Logan Gould (Days of August) will play Mo Mason.
Zach Roerig (Dare Me) will play Sgt. Knox.
Johnathan Nieves (Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies) will play Ochoa.
Brandon Tyler Moore (Mayor of Kingstown) will play Cody Bowman.
Ivan Hoey Jr. (NOS4A2) will play Benjy.
Anthony Marble (Manhunt, Preacher) will play Harlan.
Joy Osmanski (1923) will play Ji-Yeong.
