Latest Nicholas Sparks’ Novel to Become Movie: The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks’ stories have not only been on many top best-seller lists, but also have done well at the box office. Some of the most popular romantic movies in recent memory, The Notebook and A Walk to Remember, were based on his novels. His latest novel that will be hitting the silver screen is “The Last Song” a coming-of-age story in which Ronnie, a rebellious teenage girl (Miley Cyrus) who has had issues with her parent’s divorce.
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Her mother (Kelly Preston) decides to send Ronnie and her brother to spend the summer with their estranged father (Greg Kinnear) so they can reconnect. Although it seems to be a rocky start, Ronnie ends up falling in love with Will Blakelee (Liam Hemsworth) and reconnects with her father through their shared passion–music.
Although Miley Cyrus is in yet another movie that displays her vocal skills, she is ready to break away from her Hannah Montana persona. “I changed a lot when I was in Tybee Island [Georgia, filming 'Last Song'],” Miley explained to MTV News recently about the flick. “I feel like art really does imitate life. So just showing this movie, I feel like I’m really showing a part of my growth as a person as well. So I’m really excited for people to see it, just because of what it means to me, personally.”
Directed by Julie Anne Robinson, the film is scheduled to hit U.S. theaters on April 2, 2010. Will you be watching?
