"Slumdog Millionaire" star Ron Howard.

The movie is based on J.D. Vance’s bestselling memoir that follows three generations of an Appalachian family.

Also ing the cast, 13-year-old newcomer Owen Asztalos and 77-year-old veteran American Graffiti."

Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Haley Bennett and Gabriel Basso will star in the film, which is told from the POV of youngest family member Vance, a Yale law student forced to return to his hometown.

Pinto will presumably be playing Usha Chilukuri, one of Vance's fellow students at Yale Law School, whom he ends up marrying.

She recently starred in Andy Serkis's "Knight of Cups," as well as the TV series "The Path" and "Guerrilla."

[Via Variety]