Chicken John!
I hope he's in the film.
shareThe real Chicken John? Cause I don't think he'd be able to find his way to the film shoot.
If they decide to seperate Bryson from Katz for part of the AT, there's no reason not to have some colorful character to come along for Bryson to talk to.
They may simplify the story to keep them together the whole way or stick with the way the book goes.
I reckon Philip Seymour Hoffman would make a good Katz.
shareChicken John would continue to reappear throughout the trail. He'd be the "White Ciffs of Dover?" guy from the Beatles' Help movie. He'd end up in the 100 miles wilderness...after the credits he's make it to the summit of Katahdin (I believe he started there, going on the descent route), in the Hollywood version.
I'd go with the Alec Baldwin post, for Katz.
And the Little Debbie people will have product placement galore in this movie. Remember Mary Ellen and the cupcakes?
... Puh-tu-wheet? ~ Slaughterhouse 5 ...