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Wednesday
17Sep2008

Miley Cyrus Builds Her Own Nicholas Sparks Movie

DateWednesday, September 17, 2008 at 12:02AM
So...is Miley Cyrus ever going to have to work for a living? I mean, I get that she's a big ol' Disney star and that there's an awful lot of favoritism within the walls of the House of Mouse as a general rule - pick one star at a time and rape the general public with his or her image. But now it's extending beyond Hannah Montana.

Let's get this out in the open: I have no problem with Hannah Montana. It's not meant for me in any way. I know about it through cultural osmosis but they don't expect me to watch, they wouldn't care what I think, so there's nothing else to discuss. I don't even mean that as a critic. I just mean it as a single dude in my 30s. If some parent spends $2,500 so their 11-year-old can see what is most likely a lip-synched concert of derivative music, that's their business. Doesn't concern me.

However, now that Variety says Disney has attached Cyrus to star in a film "tailor-made" for her by Nicholas Sparks, it's suddenly become of professional interest to me. Here's how all this happened. Disney discussed the sorts of things Cyrus would be interested in doing outside of Hannah, and she said she liked A Walk to Remember.

Now, Nicholas Sparks, who is notable for writing weepy movies in which someone always dies, has come up with an idea for a novel, which will simultaneously be turned into a screenplay, with Cyrus in mind. Sparks told Variety that job one is writing a book that works for his readers, although I find that incredibly difficult to believe, given the circumstances. "This is similar to the way it’s gone with movies based on my novels; it’s just out of order," Sparks said. "Certain opportunities garner your interest, and this was one of those."

For the record: It's not at all the way it's gone with movies based on his novels. He didn't write the book Nights in Rodanthe with Richard Gere and Diane Lane in mind, at least not contractually. Those decisions were made later, and by other people.

And so, The Achy Breaky Daughter gets serious, and because it's so orchestrated, it's impossible to treat it seriously.

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