"A Walk in the Woods" movie back in production

[hikerboy57]

maybe they'll bring popcorn

[Sheriff Cougar]

Redford and Nolte are too old to play the parts. OTOH, the general movie-going public probably won't notice.

Love Redford no matter how old he is and Nolte, too! Oooohlala!

[mfleming]

Robert sure looked old in the Weather Underground movie that came out last year. He's pushing 80

[Del Q]

Two throughts:

1. Better book room NOW in the Southern shelters, after this comes out they will need EZ Pass on the AT

2. Heard that most of their pack weight will be oxygen tanks.

[sketcher709]

I always thought John Candy was born to play Katz...

I love Bryson's writing style - I've read all his books.

Yes, John Candy! Or Rhys Ifans in the style of the character he played in Notting Hill . Stupid movie but his character was priceless.

[salsi]

well this just inspired me to grab the book from my library and see what it said again. Hope the movie doesn't come out before my potential thru in 2015.

[shelb]

Redford and Nolte are too old to play the parts. OTOH, the general movie-going public probably won't notice.

I agree; however, I understand why they were chosen for the parts. Each of their respective screen personas - from 25-35 years ago - fit the role they were cast for perfectly.

Now. Redford is 77, and Nolte is 72.

[bobtomaskovic]

Everyone is worried about an increase in hikers but the truth is 2 things will always limit traffic on the AT. The hills and the fact that you have to walk.

[magneto]

The reason this book endures is because, while the stories told by Mr. Bryson may be "embellished", anyone who has hiked knows that every word of the book is none the less true.

I went on a short overnight hiking/camping trip with my wife and daughter to Sandy Neck on Cape Cod. A wonderful place - highly recommend. Camping in the dunes, fires on the beach, swimming, easy, flat walk in and out, etc.

We had a 4 mile walk into our campsite along a flat road with zero feet of elevation change. We were hiking with full packs. The ranger checking us in, in all seriousness, warned us that it "is a long walk, more than a mile" to our campsite and they charge $60 per person for a "rescue", if we can'twalk out on our own because we get tired.

I immediately thought of Bryson in Waynesboro being warned about the long walk to the K Mart for bug spray.

I thanked the ranger and said to her, just as seriously, "don't worry: we'll take emergency provisions." She didn't get it, but said, as if on-cue, "Well, good luck to you!"

[Astro]

Everyone is worried about an increase in hikers but the truth is 2 things will always limit traffic on the AT. The hills and the fact that you have to walk.

20% drop out rate at Neels Gap might shoot up to 40%

[Jeff]

Everyone is worried about an increase in hikers but the truth is 2 things will always limit traffic on the AT. The hills and the fact that you have to walk.

Very true...but the AT saw a big increase in use after the book came out in 1998.

[hobby]

hope the movie paints a better picture of North Georgia than Deliverance did.........not that there aren't folks like that in the mountains--I just hope they don't show them!

[Mags]

It would be funny if the "Walk in the Woods" movie came out at the same time as "Wild".

Free gear left behind for taking on both trails.

[salsi]

It would be funny if the "Walk in the Woods" movie came out at the same time as "Wild".

Free gear left behind for taking on both trails.

yep sounds about right

[Son Driven]

Only half of the book is about their hiking adventure, the other half is filler to please bryson's novel company.

How are they going to make a full length movie on half a novel?

Perhaps if Bryson hiked the entire trail he would have been able to write an entire novel.

[mfleming]

It would be funny if the "Walk in the Woods" movie came out at the same time as "Wild".

Free gear left behind for taking on both trails.

Maybe "A Walk in the Wild" should add that Dakota Joe dude

[MoonstruckRed]

After learning about the AT back in 2008, I plan to finally do my Thru Hike in 2016, once my wife is out of College. Considering the release date, if there's going to be a increase in popularity on the trail we're bound to see it peak when I hike it. It will be an interesting year to be a part of the trail.

[SunnyWalker]

The book was a riot. I laughed every page. With Redford in the movie it ought to be a real delight. Like the book, I think it will do a lot to promote hiking and the AT. Can't wait for it to come out. For those who are purists, just relax-it IS a movie. Movies always change things, stretch the facts, throw in stuff not in the novel, etc. This is done by the writer/director for in their eye it needs it to make good entertainment. Are they right? Who knows, I just hope it is long, clean, features a lot of footage of the beautiful AT and does not divulge into enviromentalism and all that stuff.

[4eyedbuzzard]

Everyone is worried about an increase in hikers but the truth is 2 things will always limit traffic on the AT. The hills and the fact that you have to walk.

If they start at the approach trail many may not do more than a mile on the AT itself.

20% drop out rate at Neels Gap might shoot up to 40%

And a boon to shuttlers getting hikers back to the MARTA station.

Very true...but the AT saw a big increase in use after the book came out in 1998.

True, and perhaps the biggest single "cause" that spurred the massive increase in thru-hiking in the 1970's and later decades was another book - Ed Garvey's Appalachian Hiker: The Adventure of a Lifetime.

[takethisbread]

Redford and Nolte too old. Vince Vaughn as Katz and Galifinakis as Bryson would have been good. it's a funny book. perhaps nick nolte as Warren Doyle would have been great as an adversary, Baltimore Jack could lose 60 lbs like Deniro in Raging Bull and win the Oscar playing himself.


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