But when he cast Nolte in 2012s The Company You Keep, Redford realized that the actor was born to play Katz and the film returned to life. Chip Diggins, Holderman and Redford produced. Sadly, Newmans declining health prevented him from tackling the role, and when he passed away in 2008, Redford temporarily shelved the project. The Rick Kerb and Bill Holderman script is one that Redford has wanted to make for more than a decade, once intending to take the road trip with his Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid pal Paul Newman. The film debuted last Friday in the Premieres section, and scored very well with critics. It’s based on the Bill Bryson memoir and Route One Entertainment financed. They face off with each other, nature and an eccentric assortment of characters and learn some roads are better left untraveled. I’m told this could be the second-largest P&A commitment behind Dope‘s $18 million P&A high-water mark.Īn aging travel writer sets out to hike the 2100 mile Appalachian Trail with a long-estranged high school pal. The distributor has paid a whopping high-seven-figure P&A commitment for A Walk In The Woods, the Ken Kwapis-directed drama that stars Sundance impresario Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Nick Offerman and Kristen Schaal. EXCLUSIVE: Upstart distributor Broad Green has gotten on the acquisitions board big time, just before they begin giving out prizes that concludes the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
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