Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook to be turned into a TV series

Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams are all set to make a comeback with their classic romance


Entertainment Desk August 13, 2015
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams are all set to make a comeback with their classic romance The Notebook. PHOTO: USMAGAZINE

Get ready to grab a tissue box once again as Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams bring their classic romance The Notebook to your TV screens.

More than a decade after Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton moved their audience to tears, the CW is developing a TV series based on the romantic journey of these two central characters, reported Entertainment Weekly.

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The network is in talks with author Nicholas Sparks, whose 1996 bestselling novel was turned into 2004 super hit film.

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The series will follow Noah and Allie's romance, at the outset of their blossoming relationship as they build their lives and their future together against the backdrop of racial politics, economic inequities and social mores of post-World War II in the late 1940s in North Carolina.

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"The Notebook is a very well-received book and motion picture. It is going to be set after World War II. At this point, the pilot is not done. I don't believe we're going to see the older couple, what they become, but again, things change and we're now in the development stage," CW president Mark Pedowitz was quoted as saying, reported Hollywood Reporter.

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The script will be penned by Todd Graff who will also serve as an executive producer alongside Sparks and Theresa Park.

The drama is a Nicholas Sparks Productions in association with Warner Bros Television.

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