The film adaptation of Wild was released on December 3, 2014 in the United States with actress Reese Witherspoon starring as Strayed. The film was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Witherspoon optioned Wild for film with producer Bruna Papandrea for their production company, Pacific Standard, a few months before Wild was published. The book was adapted for the screen by Nick Hornby. In October 2013, the film went into production with Witherspoon in the lead. The cast includes Laura Dern (as Strayed's mother, Bobbi), Gaby Hoffmann, Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman, and Kevin Rankin among others.