Robert Redford, "A Walk In The Woods."

[Teacher & Snacktime]

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[da fungo]

Isn't Bryson a rather corpulent fellow, & Redford slim? How will that work???

Hey, it's Bollywood! It'll work the same way Tom Cruise ( 5' 4" ) playing Jack Reacher ( 6' 5" ) worked/

[T.S.Kobzol]

I hope Redford improves on the story to a point that he totally pisses off Bryson. I would probably just pay money to get that.

Bumblebee Tuna

[Lone Wolf]

The movie is going to be one of those "based on a true story" type of films which in reality is "based on a true story" of the book Bryson wrote about the AT back in the mid-1990's. Actually LW should play the Katz character-seems like both of them have the same type of personality (at least to me).

you're an angry little man

[Lone Wolf]

Will they shake down your pack for you at Neel's Gap if you are a SOBO thru hiker?

they know SOBOs have no $$$ left so they're left alone

[k2basecamp]

Should have cast Gary Busey

[max patch]

Should have cast Gary Busey

Good one. He'd be the slightly crazed guy carrying concealed accompanied by his dog Cujo.

[Astro]

Should have cast Gary Busey

Hey if he can do both Buddy Holly and Bear Bryant, I am sure he could handle this too.

[Tuckahoe]

Personally I think that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost should play Bryson and Katz.

And folks should take less offense at the comedic portrayals of hikers, because well they are so funny because they are so true. Don't take yourselves so serious that you miss the fun, humor and in the end the truth.

[Teacher & Snacktime]

I was thinking Seth Rogan for Katz....I always saw him (Katz) as a sad, pathetic figure rather than a drunken bastard....Rogan pulls off pitiable pretty well.

[slbirdnerd]

No doubt it (the movie) will make the AT more crowded than ever.
Something that some may applaud but not me.

Should be interesting to see if he focuses on the slackers (people who hitchike around to join up with their faster friends), speedhikers, the failure rate, nature, towns, or actual walking.

No doubt it will make the South end of the AT more crowded...

[TEXMAN]

My vote is for Jack Black as Katz but who's counting the votes,,,, as for those who are worried about filming bothering the hikers on the trail It will probably be filmed in California ...most Americans don't know their geography anyway so a Cactus here or there wouldn't be a problem Old Man River

[Teacher & Snacktime]

My vote is for Jack Black as Katz but who's counting the votes,,,, as for those who are worried about filming bothering the hikers on the trail It will probably be filmed in California ...most Americans don't know their geography anyway so a Cactus here or there wouldn't be a problem Old Man River

Jack Black would rock as Katz....and they probably won't even bother with any trail....a green screen will work just fine...sigh

[Del Q]

Love the Jack Black as Katz idea.............no doubt that they could improve on casting options. Redford and Nolte could simply serve in other roles, ie Trail Angel's or shuttlers.

So truth be told, Jeremiah Johnson has been one of my favorite movies for like 20+ years, and my trail name Del Q is a takeoff on Del Gue in that movie, which stemmed from two very cool books, Mountain Man and the story of "Liver Eating Johnson". Good reads if interested.

Agreed, will believe it when I see it.....................one thing for sure, if / when this comes out the AT will become a LOT BUSIER!

No, they have not yet called me to be in the movie.....................

[slbirdnerd]

My vote is for Jack Black as Katz but who's counting the votes,,,, as for those who are worried about filming bothering the hikers on the trail It will probably be filmed in California ...most Americans don't know their geography anyway so a Cactus here or there wouldn't be a problem Old Man River

Jack Black would make a GREAT Katz. He, Martin and Wilson were awesome in 'The Big Year' and did a great job of not ruining the book (or the true version of the story)... They brought something mostly foreign to the general public without offending the real birders... A similar recipe would have worked great for A Walk in the Woods. Heck, even John Cleese narrating!

[Trillium]

“I’m interested in that thing that happens where there’s a breaking point for some people and not for others,” he said over morning coffee recently in the deserted Owl Bar at his resort here. “You go through such hardship, things that are almost impossibly difficult, and there’s no sign that it’s going to get any better, and that’s the point when people quit. But some don’t.”

Sheesh, if he wants to make a movie about something that is almost impossibly difficult, then perhaps he should consider Skurka's Alaska trip.

[Just Bill]

I think Paul Giamatti would be my vote. Right make up he'd make a fine Bryson or Katz.

[Mrs Baggins]

This just gets worse and worse

[Blue Sky II]

The director of Borat and Bruno may just provide the humor we're looking for .......http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=39262

[goody5534]

Nolte not nearly handsome enough to play LW...