Great news from the Cannes Film Festival! Germany’s Senator Film has inked a deal with Nicholas Sparks’ production company to adapt his novel The Rescue for the German market! The German-language version of the book, about a firefighter who falls in love with a single mother, will be set in Germany and shot on location. Learn more from The Hollywood Reporter.

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In addition to sharing his summer book recommendation (William Landy’s thriller “Defending Jacob”), Nicholas also talked about the interesting way the show ‘Cheers’ helped his writing career with Anderson.

Check out a preview of the entire show at AndersonCooper.com.

View the related article and a video of Zac Efron from Sunday Morning at CBSNews.com.

Don’t want to wait until April 20th to see The Lucky One in theaters? Fans can get free tickets to advance screenings all over the country from Gofobo today.

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Watch the interview here.

View photos of Nicholas with his wife Cathy, kids, and The Lucky One star Zac Efron on the Louisiana set of the film! Also check out Nick’s storytelling tips courtesy of Shutterfly.

Go to Storytelling Tips From Author Nicholas Sparks

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Want to meet Zac Efron at The Lucky One premiere on April 16th?!? Enter the film’s sweepstakes for a chance to walk the star-studded red carpet with the star of Nicholas’s latest film adaption and see the film before it officially hits theaters on April 20th!

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Nicholas is currently in Dubai attending the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature where he will be participating in the “From Page to Screen” film panel and will also have a book signing on March 9th. Tickets to his appearances are available for fans on the festival website.

Make sure you also check out Nicholas’s latest interviews from Dubai: in Time Out Dubai, he shares his book writing process and which of his characters he relates to the most and in The National, he talks about the April 20th theatrical release for ‘The Lucky One’ and shares a little scoop on his next novel.

Congratulations goes out to Oscar nominee Viola Davis on winning SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast and a Female Actor in a Leading Role, an Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, and Critics Choice Awards for Best Acting Ensemble and Actress for her role in ‘The Help’!

Watch her as Jean in the movie adaptation of Nicholas’s Nights in Rodanthe!

The Lucky One hits theaters on April 20th, 2012 and is based on Nicholas Sparks’ best seller, “The Lucky One”. The film tells the story of Logan Thibault, a Marine who survives three tours in Iraq. He attributes his good fortune to a photograph he carried of a woman he has never met, and he sets out to meet his good-luck charm when he returns to North Carolina.

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From the ‘Twilight’ series to ABC’s hit drama “Revenge”, Marty is a highly accomplished producer and both he and Nick will executive produce “THE WATCHERS” for ABC. Nick is currently working on the script for the show and “SAFE HAVEN” will start shooting in a few months.

Stay tuned for more news on both projects, and to get a taste of what may be in store for the show, make sure you tune into “Revenge” on ABC Wednesdays at 10/9pm Central!