Redford (Barefoot in the Park) will direct and star in the film alongside Susan Sarandon (Exit the King), Julie Christie (Uncle Vanya), Stephen Root (All My Sons), Stanley Tucci (Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune), Richard Jenkins, Chris Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Nick Nolte, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Elliott and Brit Marling.

Based on the novel of the same name by Neil Gordon, "The Company You Keep" is adapted for the screen by Lem Dobbs. The story center around Jim Grant, an ex-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.

Redford stars as the man on the run, and LaBeouf plays the determined journalist. Sarandon and Christie play former Weather Underground members, and Jenkins plays a college professor who is a link to former radicals in hiding.

Kendrick has signed on to play Diana, a young FBI agent and LaBeouf's former flame. Howard will play Cornelius, the senior FBI agent on the case who has relentlessly pursued Grant (Redford) across the nation, and Evancho will play Grant's daughter.

Redford, Bill Holderman and Nicolas Chartier are producing; Craig J. Flores is the executive producer. "The Company You Keep" is a co-production between Voltage Pictures and Wildwood Enterprises.