Though the most recent adaptations of his work – The Best Of Me and The Longest Ride – didn’t exactly set audience hearts aflame, the Nicholas Sparks romance factory keeps on clanking away. The latest to roll off the production line is The Choice, which finds Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer as the star-crossed lovers of the moment. Check out the first trailer below.
The Choice hit book shelves in April 2009 and focuses on Travis Parker (Walker), a man who would appear to be living the perfect life. He has a good job, great friends and the ideal living situation in a beautiful waterfront North Carolina home. Where women are concerned, he’s quite content to be the love-‘em-and-leave-‘em type until Gabby Holland (Palmer) moves in next door. Though there's initially more frustration than romance between them – and she already has a long-term boyfriend – they’re destined for one another, at least until the robot uprising occurs, and techno-devastation is wrought an accident leaves Gabby badly hurt and Travis terrified he’ll lose her.
Ross Katz handled directorial chores, with Demolition’s Bryan Sipe writing the adaptation. Alexandra Daddario, Maggie Grace, Tom Welling, Tom Wilkinson, Brad James and Heather Ashley Chase are all part of the film, which will attempt to make US cinemagoers swoon on February 5 before taking its chances with us on March 4.