Variety reports that the screen rights to Nicholas Sparks’ chart topping supernatural tale TRUE BELIEVER and its follow up, AT FIRST SIGHT, have been snapped up by Stone Village. Now if you’re thinking to yourself, “Wait, isn’t that the dude that wrote THE NOTEBOOK?”, well yeah.
The story follows a writer for Scientific American who debunks myths and frauds. He heads to a small town in North Carolina, falls in love with the granddaughter of the town psychic and tries to reconcile his cynical side with a desire to believe.
So what are the odds the flick will be more horror than supernatural romantic melodrama? Not good I reckon, but with the right director and casting – especially ample nudity from someone like say, Shannon Elizabeth – I’d be willing to take a chance.
I’m open minded like that.