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Posted: Mon., Aug. 23, 2010, 3:21pm PT

Taylor Schilling joins WB's 'Lucky One'

Actress to star opposite Zac Efron in Nicholas Sparks story

Taylor Schilling

Schilling

Zac Efron

Efron

Taylor Schilling will star opposite Zac Efron in Warner Bros.' "The Lucky One," based on the Nicholas Sparks novel about a Marine searching for a mysterious woman.

The film will be produced by Denise Di Novi and Kevin McCormick, who segued last year from Warner production president to a studio deal under the Langley Park banner. Scott Hicks is attached to helm.

Di Novi's produced three other Sparks adaptations for the studio -- "Nights in Rodanthe," "A Walk to Remember" and "Message in a Bottle." Di Novi Pictures prexy Alison Green-span is exec producing.

Will Fetters adapted "Lucky One," which revolves around a Marine who survives three tours in Iraq and attributes his good fortune to a photograph he carried of a woman he has never met. He sets out to meet her when he returns to North Carolina.

Schilling was a regular on NBC's "Mercy." She's repped by Gersh.

Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

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