{"id":887314,"date":"2026-09-10T20:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/887314\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T20:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:40:17","slug":"nicholas-sparks-counting-miracles-movie-sets-peanut-butter-falcon-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/887314\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas Sparks’ Counting Miracles Movie Sets Peanut Butter Falcon Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAmazon<\/a> MGM Studios\u2019 adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller \u201cCounting Miracles<\/a>\u201d has found its writer\/director in \u201cThe Peanut Butter Falcon\u201d co-filmmaker Tyler Nilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tStarring Alan Ritchson, \u201cCounting Miracles\u201d follows Army Ranger Tanner Hughes (Ritchson) as he crosses the country comforting the families of fallen soldiers until a mysterious letter sends him searching for the father he never knew. His journey leads him to a small town, where a blossoming romance with a doctor and single mother of two draws him into the life of a reclusive old man with a haunting past. As their lives become unexpectedly intertwined, Tanner is forced to confront the truth of who he is \u2014 and discover where he truly belongs.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn collaboration with Nilson and Sparks, \u201cCounting Miracles\u201d will be produced by Ritchson via his Dancing Skeleton banner alongside Di Novi Pictures\u2019 Denise Di Novi and Margaret French Isaac and Sparks\u2019s longtime producing partner Theresa Park. Currently, Dancing Skeleton and Di Novi Pictures are under first-look film deals with Amazon MGM Studios and Ritchson has a three-picture acting deal with the company.<\/p>\n

\n\tNilson\u2019s breakout came with 2019\u2019s \u201cThe Peanut Butter Falcon,\u201d which he co-wrote and co-directed with Michael Schwartz as their feature debut. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson and Zack Gottsagen, the film won the Audience Award at SXSW, earned a DGA nomination for Achievement in First-Time Feature Film, landed on the NBR\u2019s Top Ten Independent Films list and became the highest-grossing indie release of the year.<\/p>\n

\n\tNext up for Nilson was 2024\u2019s \u201cLos Frikis,\u201d which he co-wrote and directed with Schwartz and was produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Starring Adria Arjona and H\u00e9ctor Medina, the film was set in 1990s Cuba.<\/p>\n

\n\tBest known for his novels including \u201cThe Notebook,\u201d \u201cA Walk to Remember,\u201d \u201cMessage in a Bottle,\u201d \u201cDear John,\u201d \u201cThe Last Song,\u201d \u201cSafe Haven,\u201d \u201cThe Longest Ride\u201d and \u201cThe Choice,\u201d Sparks is no stranger to a Hollywood adaptation. His novels have been made into films that have collectively grossed more than $750 million worldwide, with Sparks serving as a producer on several adaptations. <\/p>\n

\n\tAside from \u201cCounting Miracles,\u201d Sparks\u2019 next big film adaptation is \u201cRemain,\u201d which stars Jake Gyllenhaal and is set to release Feb. 5, 2027. <\/p>\n

\n\tHe is repped by Howie Sanders, co-head of the Anonymous Content media rights department, Celeste Fine of Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management, Jill Fritzo PR and Scott Schwimer Esq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller \u201cCounting Miracles\u201d has found its writer\/director in \u201cThe Peanut…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[2574,64,63,457025,134,344,457026],"class_list":["post-887314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-amazon","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-counting-miracles","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-tyler-nilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}