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After A Walk to Remember and The Notebook, another book by Nicholas Sparks will hit the silverscreen.

Dear John comes to the screen under the direction of Lasse Hallstrom, the Swedish director and three-time Oscar nominee known for such films as My Life as a Dog (1985), What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), The Cider House Rules (1999), and Chocolat (2000).

The film follows the story of a Special Forces soldier, John Tyree (Channing Tatum), who uses a leave period to visit his father (Richard Jenkins) down in South Carolina. He falls for a conservative college student while he’s in his father’s home. John must go back to the army and he and Savannah (the student) communicate through letters, until fate takes a turn.

The Cast of Dear John:

* Channing Tatum as SSG John Tyree
* Amanda Seyfried as Savannah Lynn Curtis
* Scott Porter as Randy
* Henry Thomas as Tim Wheddon
* Richard Jenkins as Mr Tyree (John’s Father)
* Leslea Fisher as Susan
* Mary Rachel Dudley as Mrs. Curtis
* Bryce Hayes as Jerry
* Gavin McCulley as Starks

Dear John is coming to theaters on the Valentines month of February 2010.

Tells the story of John Tyree, a young soldier home on leave, and Savannah Curtis, the idealistic college student he falls in love with during her spring vacation. Over the next seven tumultuous years, the couple is separated by Johns increasingly dangerous deployments. While meeting only sporadically, they stay in touch by sending a continuous stream of love letters overseas--correspondence that eventually triggers fateful consequences.

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