The lucky one

• The New Orleans-shot romance The Lucky One is, above all, a Nicholas Sparks movie, which -- ever since 1999s Message in a Bottle -- has become a Kleenex-devouring genre all itself. As such, there are certain things you can expect from it.
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• LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Hunger Games will surely lose its box-office crown this weekend - and its going to be to a romance.
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• Warning. Nicholas Sparks wrote the novel The Lucky One is based upon. He's the writer who gave us the tearjerkers The Notebook, Dear John and the really awful Miley Cyrus adult breakout flick, The Last Song.
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• This week, yet another Nicholas Sparks movie, The Lucky One, hits theaters, this time with Zac Efron in the lead. But if youre looking for something a little more dangerous, we have just the recommendation for you.
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• Zac Efrons new romantic drama adheres closely to The Notebook writers formula. Star-crossed lovers? Check. Water-drenched kiss? Check.
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• The Lucky One is yet another adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, so you know exactly what youre getting walking into this thing.
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• Author Nicholas Sparks latest bestselling book, The Lucky One, is set to hit theaters this weekend. And just like with some of his previous film adaptations, it will star a young Hollywood actor hot enough to make the girls come in droves.
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• I dont know if Nicholas Sparks has actually tried to legally trademark his pop-fiction formula. But he should. The plucky woman. The soulful man. The picturesque locations along the Southern seaboard.
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• "The Lucky One" is the edgiest-ever film adaptation of the writings of Nicholas Sparks. Which isn't saying much. Yeah, it has the violence of war, and the heat of near-sex.
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• Denise DiNovi, producer of "The Lucky One," spoke today with Jennifer Pilcher, co-founder of Military1Click, about the romantic drama starring Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner.
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