Photo credit: Courtesy of Safe Haven Productions
“A mysterious young woman arrives in a small North Carolina town and reluctantly finds new love with a lonely widower in Safe Haven, a deeply moving romantic thriller from Nicholas Sparks, the best-selling author whose novels inspired the beloved films The Notebook and Dear John.
Safe Haven stars Josh Duhamel (Transformers, New Year’s Eve), Julianne Hough (Rock of Ages, Footloose), Cobie Smulders (The Avengers, “How I Met Your Mother”), David Lyons (“Revolution,” Eat, Pray, Love), Noah Lomax (Playing for Keeps) and Mimi Kirkland.
“It’s something a little unexpected,” Sparks says. “There are a lot of elements in the film that are new as far as a Nicholas Sparks film goes. Of course, fans will still get the relatable characters and the strong love story that they come to my work looking for. There’s a lot of chemistry between the main characters and the relationship evolves in a very natural way. But there are a couple of other threads that are different. It feels like Nicholas Sparks, until it suddenly doesn’t.”
“Our main character, Katie, is on the run,” explains the author, who is also one of the film’s producers. “I thought, what if this woman finds what she thinks is a safe haven? What happens next? All of a sudden you’re on the edge of your seat wondering exactly how this is going to end. That’s what I want in a film: threads of familiarity, then a surprise. Safe Haven puts all of those things together in an absolutely amazing way.” Production Notes
Safe Haven is in theaters nationwide.
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