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The Last Song
The Last Song letterhead
Directed by	Julie Anne Robinson
Written by	Novel Nicholas Sparks Screenplay Nicholas Sparks Jeff Van Wie
Produced by	Producer Adam Shankman Jennifer Gibgot Co-Producer Dara Weintraub Executive Producer Tish Cyrus
Starring	Miley Cyrus Greg Kinnear Kelly Preston Liam Hemsworth
Cinematography	John Lindley
Edited by	Nancy Richardson
Production company	The Walt Disney Company
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures Buena Vista International
Release dates	United States January 8, 2010 Australia April 1, 2010
Country	United States
Language	English

The Last Song is an upcoming 2010 coming of age drama film starring Miley Cyrus. Nicholas Sparks was hired to write both the novel by the same name and the screenplay adaptation with Cyrus in mind for the lead role. Sparks completed the screenplay in January 2009, prior to the completion of the novel. Imagined as a star vehicle to introduce Cyrus to older audiences, the film's storyline follows a troubled teenager, played by Cyrus, and her estranged father, played by Greg Kinnear, as they reconnect with each other through music during a summer in a quiet Southern beach town. The film also stars Kelly Preston and Liam Hemsworth and is produced by Offspring Entertainment for Touchstone Pictures, an alternative film label of The Walt Disney Company. The Last Song is Julie Anne Robinson’s feature film directorial debut.

The plot, originally set in North Carolina like the novel, moved to Georgia after states campaigned for months to host production. Upon beginning production in Tybee Island, Georgia and nearby Savannah, The Last Song became the first movie to be shot and set in Tybee Island. Filming lasted from June 15 to August 18, 2009 with much of it occurring on the island's beach and pier. The film is expected to be released in the United States on January 8, 2010.

Plot

At seventeen, Veronica "Ronnie" Miller remains as rebellious and distant as she was the day after her parents' ugly divorce and father's subsequent relocation to Georgia three years ago. Once a classical piano prodigy under the tutelage her father, Steve, Ronnie now rejects the instrument in favor of partying with her friends and has not spoken to her father since he left.

Now, Steve is given the chance to reconnect with his estranged daughter when her mother, Kim, sends the rebellious teen and her younger brother, Jonah, to spend the summer with him. Steve, a former Juilliard professor and concert pianist, now lives a quiet life in Tybee Island, the small Georgia beach town where he grew up, working on a stained glass window for the local church to replace the one lost in the fire.

Upon arrival, Ronnie is miserable, hostile and defensive toward all those around her, including handsome, popular Will Blakelee- until, after both she and Will become involved in protecting a Loggerhead Sea Turtle nest, she discovers he is deeper than she believed. As Ronnie falls in love with Will, she also manages to bond with Steve through the one thing they have in common- music.

Cast

• Miley Cyrus as Veronica "Ronnie" Miller, an angry seventeen year old forced to spend a summer with her estranged father.
• Kelly Preston as Kim, Ronnie's mother, who raised Ronnie in New York City after her divorce.
• Greg Kinnear as Steve Miller, Ronnie's father and former Juilliard professor and concert pianist who moved to Georgia after his divorce. During the summer, Steve reconnects with Ronnie through their mutual love of music. Steve also works to construct a special piece for the local church to help rebuild it after a fire.
• Liam Hemsworth as Will Blakelee, a skilled beach volleyball player and member of the local cool crowd, Will dreams of attending a top university and volunteers at the Georgia Aquarium. He is Ronnie's love interest.
• Carly Chaikin as Blaze, a rebel who befriends Ronnie when she is sent to Georgia. However, Carly betrays Ronnie when Carly frames her for shoplifting a watch.
• Bobby Coleman as Jonah, Ronnie's younger brother sent along with his elder sister to Tybee Island.
• Hallock Beals as Scott, Will's jealous best friend who tries to create trouble between Will and Ronnie.
• Nick Lashaway as Marcus, the leader of a gang of thugs who hustle money from beach carnival crowds.
• Adam Barnett as Teddy, a young thug adept at hacky sack and juggling, skills he uses as part of Marcus' crew to hustle money.
• Nick Searcy as Tom
• Melissa Ordway as Ashley, a "mean girl" type character. Ashley is close friends with Cassie.
• Lance E. Nichols as Pastor Charlie Harris, the kind, devout Pastor of the local church. Although Harris is injured when the church burns down, he remains an inspiration to the community and a mentor to Steve.
• Stephanie Leigh Schlund as Megan Blakelee, Will's elder sister who is engaged to be married. She is the only member of Will's family to show Ronnie any kindness.
• Rhoda Griffis as a Doctor

Development

Early stages

The Last Song began when Disney executive Jason Reed met with Cyrus to discuss her future career plans. Cyrus expressed a desire to film a movie similar to A Walk to Remember, a 2002 film based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks. Adam Shankman, director of A Walk to Remember, signed on to produce the potential film along with his sister and Offspring Entertainment production company partner, Jennifer Gibgot. Cyrus' acting representation, United Talent Agency, then contacted Sparks, also a UTA client, to write a novel and screenplay adaptation with Cyrus in mind for the lead.

At the time, Sparks was wrapping up The Lucky One and beginning to ponder an original plot for his next book. The author told himself he could "either go younger than 20 or older than 50", having recently written about every age in between. Wary of venturing above 50 again after his memorable hit The Notebook, Sparks was already leaning toward writing a teenage story when he received a phone call from Gibgot on behalf of the film in August 2008. Sparks recalled, "Jennifer asked if I had anything laying around? I said no, but funny you should say that…" Sparks returned with a premise by the end of July 2008. Once the proposal had been agreed upon by Cyrus, her family, and Offspring Entertainment, Sparks began work on the screenplay before starting the book. "On this one, I wrote the screenplay first and then the novel. That’s the first time I’ve done that,” said Sparks. "This is similar to the way it’s gone with movies based on my novels; it’s just out of order." Sparks explained that such an arrangement was necessary in order to accomodate filming in summer 2009, as Disney had scheduled. The first draft of the screenplay was finished in December 2008, and the final version was ready in January 2009. The novel was completed in June 2009, the same time shooting for the film began, and will be published on September 8, 2009 by Grand Central Publishing.

Cyrus' role as Ronnie Miller is a star vehicle hand-crafted by Sparks and Cyrus' representation to help the teen break out of the pop persona she developed through the popular Hannah Montana franchise and to introduce Cyrus to older audiences. Sparks told Variety that Miley Cyrus and her family "were very familiar with the work I’ve done in the past. That played a role in this project coming together." Tish Cyrus, Miley Cyrus's mother, serves as the film’s executive producer. Miley Cyrus herself chose the name "Ronnie" for her character. The plot of the film and novel remained secret throughout development.

In March 2009, Disney named Julie Anne Robinson as the film's director. The Last Song is Robinson's first feature length film, although she is a veteran of television episodes. Robinson previously helmed episodes of American series such as Weeds and Grey's Anatomy and earned a Golden Globe nomination and a BAFTA award for her work on the BBC series Viva Blackpool.

In a June 2009 entry on her official blog titled "A New Start", Cyrus said she had "always been a fan of Nicholas Sparks" and that she had been waiting to do a production separate from the Hannah Montana franchise "for a long time", but had not found the time to do so due to her tv show, music, tours, and Hannah Montana: The Movie. In order to film The Last Song, Cyrus' contract for season four of Hannah Montana included an extra long hiatus.

Writing and title

A Walk to Remember was again referenced in the writing process. Recognizing its popularity as both a novel and film, Sparks "put all my thoughts into that, trying to make the story as different from A Walk to Remember as I can, but try to capture the same feelings." Disney did not give Sparks limitations on the story’s topics, which include underage drinking and a gang of thugs, but Sparks says that Disney desired to work with him in part because "they’ve read my novels. My teenagers… don't do bad things. I just don’t write that. I don’t write about adultery, I don’t write profanity... I’ll certainly have love scenes in my novels, but they’re always between consenting adults.” Still, Sparks acknowledges that elements of the story may have been toned down by the director or the studio after he finished. As dictated by the Writers Guild of America, Sparks recieves full credit for his work although the amount of his original screenplay retained in the film is uncertain. For example, Sparks says the character of Marcus, leader of the gang of thugs, was likely altered for the film.

The project remained nameless for several months after Sparks' initial meeting with Disney in July 2008. Sparks wrote in a September 2008 online chat that "I have the idea completed, but no title. That's common for me though. Titles come last." The film was referred to as the "Untitled Miley Cyrus Project", and the "Untitled Nicholas Sparks Film" among other names. In March 2009, Variety called the "The Last Song" a "tentative" title.

Casting

To play New Yorker Ronnie Miller, Cyrus reported working with a dialect coach to lose her Southern accent. In April 2009, Disney officials chose Rafi Gavron for the part of Will Blakelee, but switched to Australian actor Liam Hemsworth by May. According to Nikki Finke, Hemsworth had been in Los Angeles for just three weeks and had not yet found an agent when he was cast. Also in April, the Disney casting office stated that they were pursuing an unnamed "top male actor" to play Ronnie’s father, though they confirmed it would not be Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus' father in real life and on Hannah Montana On May 18, 2009, the decision to cast Academy Award-nominee Kinnear as Steve Miller was made final. Kelly Preston's part as Kim is the first role she has accepted since the death of her son, Jett Travolta. Adam Barnett landed the role of Teddy in May 2009 due to his already developed talent in juggling and hackey sack after being introduced to Cal Johnson, the film's stunt coordinator.

Loggerhead Sea Turtles

Due to the conflicting personalities of his protagonist couple, Sparks faced difficulty in finding a vehicle that would draw Will and Ronnie to spend time together. “It had to be during the summer, she had to be new in town, and whatever happened had to start in June and end in August. Because you always want a conclusion,” said Sparks of his requirements. He mentioned summer camp or a summer job as typical vehicles used in books, but dismissed them as unoriginal and boring. “So it’s got to be original, it’s got to be interesting, and at the same time it’s got to be universal, that you feel like it could happen to anybody.” Sparks eventually chose to have Will and Ronnie bond over a Loggerhead Sea Turtle nest, knowing that Loggerhead eggs often hatch in August. The scene of the hatching nest took place during the first week of August and involved 26 live Loggerhead Sea Turtle babies, called hatchlings. Hatchlings have an innate sense to head toward the ocean water as soon as they are born, so scenes of the nest hatching had to be taken swiftly. Said Mike Dodd of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the biologist who supervised the scene, the hatchlings "did all they know how to do: They crawled down to the water and swam off." Sparks told an interviewer he suspected filmmakers would digitally add more turtles to the scene. At the time of filming, the Loggerhead Sea Turtle was listed as a threatened species. The environmentally friendly theme was an added bonus to Tybee Island, which was then promoting ecotourism.

Production

Location

Sparks had originally set The Last Song in Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington in North Carolina. Though they wished to shoot on location, filmmakers also examined other states and identified Georgia as the next best filming site. Georgia’s housing prices were higher, but the state’s filming incentive package refunds 30% of production costs such as gasoline, pencils, and salaries. North Carolina’s package refunds 15% and excludes salaries of over $1 million. Still, Disney remained interested in North Carolina and offered to film there if the state would cut the amount they would save in Georgia, $1 million to $1.5 million, in half. North Carolina officials searched for ways to accomplish this, including seeking state and Golden LEAF Foundation grants and introducing legislation to improve the state’s refund to 25%, which eventually passed on August 27, 2009. However, Disney decided to work within existing incentive laws and agreed to film in North Carolina as long as the film rights they had bought from Sparks counted as a production cost, thereby saving an additional $125,000 to $225,000. North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue set up a press conference on April 1, 2009 to announce N.C.’s victory. However, tax collectors refused to consider the film rights, forcing Perdue to cancel the conference at the last second. "I was hopeful to say that it was coming and now I don't know that I'll get to say that," Perdue said. "Nobody knows what's going to happen I don't know what figures they got from Georgia, but Georgia wants them badly, and we want them badly, and by Monday , there'll be four or five other states that want them badly." Johnny Griffin, director of the Wilmington Regional Film Commission, explains: "Disney makes feature films. They also make television series; they make individual movies for the Disney Channel. By losing this one project, in essence, we've lost all of those opportunities.” He also notes the loss of jobs and tourism created by Cyrus fans.

On April 9, 2009, after three months of deliberation, the decision to move to Georgia was made final. To determine the specific town, location scouts were sent to scour the state for an aged, isolated, oceanfront property to use as the Miller family’s home in the film. After another three months and the discovery of the “Adams Cottage” on the southern tip of Tybee Island, Tybee and neighboring locations became the sites of filming, with the intention of masquerading the area as Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. However, the locale proved too unique to disguise. “We had a hard time trying to hide the fact that this was Tybee and Savannah was Savannah," said Bass Hampton, the film's location director. Filmmakers convinced Sparks to change the setting of the film and to Tybee Island, thus allowing them to incorporate landmarks such as the Tybee Island Light Station and the Savannah Historic District. The setting of the novel remained in North Carolina. Though other movies have been filmed in Tybee Island, The Last Song is the first to actually be set in Tybee. With the city’s name plastered on everything from police cars to businesses, Georgia officials predict a lasting effect on the economy. In addition, The Last Song is estimated to have brought 250 to 500 summer jobs to Georgia, $8 million to local businesses, and $17.5 million to state businesses.

Sets

Nelson Coates is the production designer for The Last Song, responsible for all visual aspects of the movie. Coates, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the Stephen King television miniseries The Stand, arrived 11 weeks prior to the start of filming to do prep work. Most of the filming took place on the natural Tybee Island beach or on pre-constructed private property. Still, Coates oversaw the re-painting of the pier and the construction of the carnival and church.

Location scouts had searched for an aged, isolated oceanfront property to use as a home for the Millers for nearly three months before scout Andy Young came across the "Adams Cottage" on the southern end of Tybee Island. "It was getting down to zero hour," said Young. "Often, it's about the house. It can be a character itself in the movie." The house's owner, Sam Adams, welcomed filming as "an opportunity to sort of immortalize the house," in case it is destroyed by storms. The two-story, six bedroom house was built by Adams' great-grandfather in 1918 and was made entirely out of hard pine wood with very few painted surfaces. According to Savannah Morning News reporter Lesley Conn, it "was built in classic rambling beach style to allow ocean breezes to sweep through wide, wraparound porches into cool, heart-pine rooms." The church set was built on a vacant lot on the corner of 13th Street and Sixth Avenue, near residential homes. Special-effects coordinator Will Purcell subdued concerns about the fire by stating the building would not actually be set on fire. The intended menacing effect is "all camera angles. It is a safe environment for actors to do their work." Several techniques were used to simulate the fire, including the use of propane pipes to shoot flames through the church windows.

Filming

Principal photography began on June 15, 2009 and finished on August 18, 2009. Filming did not take place during weekends. On the first day of production, Cyrus and Hemsworth filmed a kiss in the ocean. Other scenes which took place in June included the carnival and volleyball tournament, both of which were filmed on the beach near the Tybee Island pier. Filming at the pier wrapped up on June 23, 2009 after shooting the scene in which Kim drops off Ronnie and Jonah to live with Steve. Scenes of the church fire were shot on July 10, 2009. Filming at the Georgia Tech Savannah campus began on July 16. Kinnear finished taping on July 17, 2009. Wedding scenes and a key driving scene were filmed at the Wormsloe Historic Site between July 20 and July 23 for twelve hours each day. Driving scenes in Isle of Hope, Georgia continued to the 28. By July 30, the movie had returned to Tybee Island for more beach scenes. Chaikin framed Cyrus for stealing a watch on August 6. On August 10, Hemsworth performed an oil change and Cyrus browsed an upscale boutique in downtown Savannah for the movie. The funeral was filmed from August 11, 2009 to August 13, 2009 at the church set in Tybee Island. On August 15, further church burning scenes took place. The wrap party was held on the 16, and the cast and crew arrived in Atlanta, Georgia the following day to spend the last days of filming at the Georgia Aquarium. After analyzing the area on the 17, the movie began shooting in public areas at at dawn on the 18 to avoid crowds. Once the aquarium opened to the public at 10:00, filming shifted to behind-the-scenes areas.

Score and soundtrack

At the launch of his album Cradlesong on June 30, 2009, Rob Thomas told the New York Daily News, "My buddy Adam Shankman, who just directed Miley’s movie, called me on the phone the other day and was like, ‘You have to write a song for this movie.'... I would definitely write a song for her .” Thomas and Cyrus will reportedly collaborate on the song.

On August 1, 2009, songwriter and Grammy-award winning music producer, John Shanks, said he was working with Cyrus in a studio on a song for the film, entitled "When I Look at You". Shankman later confirmed the song as Cyrus' new single, for which he directed the music video on August 16, 2009. "When I look at You", written by Shanks and Hillary Lindsey, appears on Cyrus' The Time of Our Lives extended play, which was released on August 31, 2009. The music video will be released in October 2009.

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• The Last Song at the Internet Movie Database
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• Production coverage of The Last Song by the Savannah Morning News

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