Friday, February 22, 2013

Fox 2000 Bids For Sparks' "Longest Ride" & Wins

Fox 2000 is nearing a deal to pick up the film rights to author Nicholas Sparks' next novel "The Longest Ride" says Deadline.


The book, set to be published in September, deals with two intertwining love stories. The first deals with a snowbound elderly man who reminisces about the life he and his late love led in their younger years just after World War II. The pair became renowned art collectors and she died of a stroke. The second charts the blossoming romance between a young art history major and a handsome bull rider. A strange occurrence allows the two generations of lovers to save each other.

Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen will produce with Sparks and Theresa Park, the same arrangement worked out for the Sparks adaptation "Safe Haven" currently in theaters.

Fox 2000 beat out Warner Bros. and Relativity Media for the screen rights in a deal said to be worth $5 million upfront, a consistent price for Sparks based films.

The goal is to have the film ready for release Valentine’s Day weekend in 2015.

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