More than a decade after Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams brought Nicholas Sparks' 1996 best-selling novel "The Notebook" to the big screen, the romantic drama is set to make a comeback as a TV series.
CW president Mark Pedowitz announced at the Television Critics Association's press tour in Beverly Hills Tuesday that the network is working with Nicholas Sparks Productions to adapt the romantic tale into a TV series, Entertainment Weekly reported.
Sparks will serve as an executive producer on the project. Executive Producer Todd Graff will write the script, along with Sparks and Theresa Park.
The pilot for the series has not yet been completed, and no details regarding the actors have been revealed, according to The Independent.
"This series will follow the romantic journey of the two beloved central characters Noah and Allie, at the outset of their blossoming relationship as they build their lives and their future together against the backdrop of the racial politics, economic inequities, and social mores of post-World War II of the late 1940s in North Carolina," the official synopsis reads.
Pedowitz added that if the series is picked up, it would be different from the movie. "I don't believe you are going to see the older couple. But things change [in development]," he said.
The 2004 version of "The Notebook" starred McAdams as Allie and Gosling as Noah. James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Joan Allen and James Marsden also starred in the big screen version. The film had a budget of $29 million and totaled $115.6 million in the box office. "The Notebook" won the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, the 2005 Golden Satellite Awards and eight Teen Choice Awards.
