"A Walk In The Woods" Gets Trio As Cameras Roll

Emma Thompson, Nick Offerman and Kristen Schaal will co-star in the film adaptation of author Bill Bryson's 1998 lightly comedic travel memior "A Walk in the Woods" says Screen.

Robert Redford will star and produce the film which involves two boyhood friends who go their separate ways and come back later in life for an outdoor adventure - a walk along the Appalachian Trail.

Nick Nolte will co-star as the other friend.

Redford oversaw a number of drafts of the adapted screenplay, which Michael Arndt and Richard Russo have worked on. Redford first acquired the movie rights in 2005. Larry Charles, Chris Columbus and Barry Levinson have been in negotiations to direct at various points along the way

Ken Kwapis is directing the film--taking over for the previously set Richard Linklater

Jay Stern, Chip Diggins and Bill Holderman also produce.

Production is now underway.