William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden join INTO THE WILD

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Thursday, June 08, 2006
Source: Hollywood Reporter

William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden have joined the cast of Paramount's INTO THE WILD. They will join Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn and Catherine Keener in the cast for the film.

The film is based on a non-fiction book and centers on Christopher McCandless (Hirsch), who graduated from college in 1992, abandoned his possessions and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness and return to nature. He died four months later in an abandoned bus at a remote campsite. Hurt and Harden will play McCandless' parents.

INTO THE WILD will be written and directed by Sean Penn.