Sunday, January 27, 2008

This has been a rumor ever since 2005 and it seems like it is finally happening and the book in question is actually one of my favorites. I hope they keep it as is and don't try to cram any larger story into it, just two men walking on the trail. When I first heard that Robert Redford was attached it was also being rumored that Paul Newman would join him, hopefully that is still the case. Anyway, Robert Redford's A Walk in the Woods is finally a go.

Redford told The Associated Press that his next film project is an adaptation of the best-selling 1998 Bill Bryson book about hiking the Appalachian Trail.

He will produce the film and star as Bryson, Barry Levinson is expected to direct it.

After that, Redford said he'll tackle the "inside, down-to-the mats story" of how Branch Rickey helped Jackie Robinson break into major league baseball in 1947.

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