Michelle Monaghan to Lead Film Adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' THE BEST OF ME

Michelle Monaghan is set to lead the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' latest romance novel THE BEST OF ME, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Michael Hoffman will direct for Relativity, featuring a script by Will Fetters.

THE BEST OF ME, which follows two former high school sweethearts, is officially described as:

"In the spring of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Though they were from opposite sides of the tracks, their love for one another seemed to defy the realities of life in the small town of Oriental, North Carolina. But as the summer of their senior year came to a close, unforeseen events would tear the young couple apart, setting them on radically divergent paths.

Now, twenty-five years later, Amanda and Dawson are summoned back to Oriental for the funeral of Tuck Hostetler, the mentor who once gave shelter to their high school romance. Neither has lived the life they imagined ...and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever changed their lives. As Amanda and Dawson carry out the instructions Tuck left behind for them, they realize that everything they thought they knew -- about Tuck, about themselves, and about the dreams they held dear -- was not as it seemed. Forced to confront painful memories, the two former lovers will discover undeniable truths about the choices they have made. And in the course of a single, searing weekend, they will ask of the living, and the dead: Can love truly rewrite the past?"

Monaghan has appeared in such films as MADE OF HONOR, EAGLE EYE, and can next be seen in FORT BLISS and A MANY SPLINTERED THING. She will also appear opposite Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in HBO's limited series TRUE DETECTIVE in January 2014. Monaghan also recently signed on for a co-starring role on Ryan Murphy's upcoming HBO drama OPEN.

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