Nicholas Sparks Adaptation, The Choice, Begins Production in North Carolina
1. "Sparks has written 17 novels, all New York Times best-sellers, that have sold more than 95
million copies worldwide and been translated into over 50 languages."
2. "Eight of Sparks’s books have been made into films..."
Nicholas Sparks is beginning production for his 11th book to join the adaptation market. That means 11 out of his 17 novels took on the transformation from text to the big screen. "The Choice" is to be filmed in North Carolina where many of Nicholas Sparks' novels take place, not surprising since many of his novels have very similar storylines. The director of this film is Ross Katz and Sparks is going to be working closing with Theresa Park, who is known to be one of Sparks' "long time collaborators". Nicholas Sparks may not have written the screenplay, but he is, in fact, paying for this film along with Nicholas Sparks Productions and others. "The Choice" will be Nicholas Sparks' first independent feature film. "The Choice" needs to be marketed as a feature film because Nicholas Spark Productions has a deal with Warner Horizon Television to makes series' for cable (see here:http://deadline.com/2012/04/author-nicholas-sparks-starts-production-company-signs-deal-with-warner-horizon-254835/). These TV shows will not be written by Nicholas Sparks himself but will use his style and ideas in order to capture a different audience.
New York Times best-selling author, Nicholas Spark, has drowned himself in the cinema and television production industry. And how can one blame him? His films do very well in box offices around the world as well as with teen girls and young adult woman, because of this Lionsgate has already received distribution writes for the U.S. as well as the U.K.. Sparks has no reason stop turning his books into movies because he found something that worked for him and he will continue to do it until he stops benefitting from it. Although some audiences may be getting tired of watching the same story over and over again, Sparks is definitely in a good economic position because of these decisions.
Wasting no time with production, Nicholas Sparks released a movie in October (The Best of Me), has a movie currently in post-production (The Longest Ride), and is already on his way to starting his next feature film (The Choice). "The Choice" is going to be a Lionsgate film. Lionsgate Films is know for previous movies such as The Twilight Series and The Hunger Games. The selection of this big time production and distribution company will surely bring a wider audience but how will Sparks decide to market his production differently than he has the last 10 times?
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