Ron Howard is Producing a Hiking Adventure Film Called THE TRAIL
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are set to produce a feature film adaptation of Meika Hashimoto’s adventure novel The Trail. Their Imagine Entertainment production company has teamed up with Scholastic Entertainment to develop the project.
The Trail is a hiking adventure story that follows “a 12-year-old reeling from the loss of his best friend who decides to finish their bucket list without his family’s knowledge. That includes hiking the last 400 miles of the Appalachian Trail through Maine, one of its most challenging legs, where he learns how to survive, dodging bears and outrunning hunger, while finding a community of like-minded hikers.”
The project is being developed through Imagine’s Kids+Family division and Quinn Emmett will write the script. Imagine Kids+Family president Stephanie Sperber had this to say in a statement:
“The Trail came up as a book that perfectly fit the kind of story-telling Imagine Kids+Family wanted to do and, when I read it in a night, I knew I wanted to see it as a film. This is a thrilling adventure story grounded in an intensely personal journey and is a perfect fit for Imagine.”
Scholastic Entertainment president Iole Lucchese added:
“We were thrilled that Imagine fell in love with ‘The Trail’ because not only do they have impeccable taste and a track record of incredible productions, but we know that together we will create what is sure to become a classic family movie.”
This actually sounds like a story that I might enjoy watching, so I’ll be looking forward to checking it out.
Source: Variety