Fox Searchlight Pictures has announced that director Jean-Marc Vallée began principal photography in Oregon this week on WILD, which is based on author Cheryl Strayed’s NY Times #1 best-seller "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" it is the book that re-launched Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. The film stars Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon (WALK THE LINE, MUD). The screenplay is adapted by Oscar nominated writer Nick Hornby (AN EDUCATION, High Fidelity). Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea (WARM BODIES, ALL GOOD THINGS) are producing with River Road Entertainment’s Oscar nominated Bill Pohlad (THE TREE OF LIFE, 12 YEARS A SLAVE). The film’s executive producers are Hornby, Bergen Swanson (THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT) and Nathan Ross (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB), Vallée’s producing partner. [hit the jump to continue to the synopsis and other additional details]
