Jack Huston Travels On "The Longest Ride"

Jack Huston is set to star in the film adaptation of author Nicholas Sparks' latest novel "The Longest Ride" says Deadline.

The tome follows two couples - an elderly man who recounts his younger years with the love of his life, and a love affair between a college senior (Britt Robertson) and a young cowboy (Scott Eastwood) at a bull-riding event. The two couples, who have little in common, find their lives converging.

Huston will play the young Ira in the tale's flashbacks  Oona Chaplin also stars

Craig Bolotin ("Black Rain," "Straight Talk") wrote the adapted screenplay for helmer  George Tillman Jr..

 Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey ("The Twilight Saga") are set to produce the film with Sparks, Theresa Park and Robert Teitel

The adaptation is due to hit theaters on April 3, 2015.