Robert Redford will produce, direct, and star in the political action thriller The Company You Keep, based on the book by Neil Gordon. Shia LaBeouf has been cast in one of the lead roles, as announced on July 19, 2011 by Voltage Pictures and Redford’s Wildwood Enterprises. Lem Dobbs (Haywire, The Limey) adapted Gordon’s novel for the screen.
The Company You Keep chronicles the story of a former Weather Underground militant wanted by the FBI for 30 years, who must go on the run when his true identity is exposed by a young, ambitious reporter hell-bent on making a name for himself. Redford plays the former radical at the center of this nationwide manhunt and LaBeouf, the determined journalist doggedly chasing him and his story.
Robert Redford, Bill Holderman, and Nicolas Chartier served as producers, with Craig J. Flores executive producing.
“This is an edge-of-your-seat thriller about real Americans who stood for their beliefs, thinking they were patriots and defending their country’s ideals against their government.” said Voltage producer Nicolas Chartier. “It is absolutely amazing to have Shia LaBeouf, arguably the brightest young star in Hollywood today paired with the global icon Robert Redford.”
The film’s currently in pre-production and is set to film in Vancouver in September.
LaBeouf recently starred in the box office sensation Transformers: Dark of the Moon, reprising his role in the Michael Bay series of action films based on the popular Hasbro brand. He recently starred in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and can be seen in the upcoming drama The Wettest County in the World, directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave.
