Warner Bros. sets "Lucky One" for Aug. 24

Warner Bros. has dated romance-drama "The Lucky One" for Aug. 24, 2012 -- the first title to land on the date. Taylor Schilling stars opposite Zac Efron in "Lucky," based on the Nicholas Sparks novel about a military man searching for a mysterious woman. Producers are Denise Di Novi and Kevin McCormick with Scott Hicks directing. 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 Greenspan 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. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com