Redford to direct, star in 'The Company You Keep' (VAR, THR, DH)

By Nancy Tartaglione

Robert Redford will direct and star in political action thriller "The Company You Keep." Shia LaBeouf will also star in the Voltage Pictures and Wildwood Enterprises project from a script by Lem Dobbs who adapted the novel by Neil Gordon.

According to a press release, the film 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.

Wildwood's Redford and Bill Holderman will produce along with Nicolas Chartier of Voltage.

"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 Chartier. "It is absolutely amazing to have Shia LaBeouf, arguably the brightest young star in Hollywood today paired with the global icon Robert Redford."