The Hollywood Reporter reports that Richard Jenkins has joined the cast of Dear John, Lasse Hallstrom’s adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling novel. In the romantic drama, Jenkins will play the father of a young soldier (Channing Tatum) who meets the girl of his dreams (Amanda Seyfried) while on military leave. Jenkins recently joined filming on the project in South Carolina.

Richard Jenkins is known from his performances in Six Feet Under, The Visitor and Burn After Reading among others.

Amanda Seyfried will follow Mamma Mia! with a starring gig in Dear John, the Lasse Hallstrom-directed adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller.

Seyfried joins Channing Tatum in the pic and will play a young woman who meets and falls in love with a soldier while he’s on leave.

Jamie Linden wrote the script.

Relativity is fully financing the film, which begins shooting Oct. 13 in South Carolina. Screen Gems will distribute domestically.

Relativity’s Ryan Kavanaugh will produce with Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, the Temple Hill partner who developed the film under their New Line deal and then enlisted Relativity when that distributor was absorbed by Warner Bros. Relativity’s Tucker Tooley will be executive producer.

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