
The Last Song was originally scheduled for wide release on January 8, 2010, but was postponed to March 31, 2010.Īt seventeen, Veronica "Ronnie" Miller ( Miley Cyrus) remains as rebellious as she was the day her parents divorced and her father moved to North Carolina three years prior. Filming lasted from June 15 to Augwith much of it occurring on the island's beach and pier.

Upon beginning production in Tybee Island, Georgia and nearby Savannah, The Last Song became the first movie to be both shot and set in Tybee Island. The setting, originally in North Carolina like the novel, moved to Georgia after the states had campaigned for months to host production. Sparks completed the screenplay in January 2009, prior to the completion of the novel, making The Last Song his first script to be optioned for film. Sparks was approached to write both the film's screenplay and the novel.

The film is distributed by Touchstone Pictures. The Last Song stars Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, and Greg Kinnear and follows a troubled teenager as she reconnects with her estranged father and falls in love during a summer in a quiet Southern United States beach town. The film was directed by Julie Anne Robinson in her feature film directorial debut and co-written by Sparks and Jeff Van Wie. Source The Last Song is a 2010 American coming of age teen romantic drama film developed alongside Nicholas Sparks' novel by the same name.
