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The Last Song



Theatrical release poster

Directed by Julie Anne Robinson

Produced by Adam Shankman

Jennifer Gibgot

Dara Weintraub (Co-producer)

Tish Cyrus (Executive)

Written by Nicholas Sparks

Jeff Van Wie

Starring Miley Cyrus

Liam Hemsworth

Greg Kinnear

Music by Aaron Zigman

Cinematography John Lindley

Editing by Nancy Richardson

Studio Offspring Entertainment

Distributed by Touchstone Pictures

Release date(s) March 31, 2010 (2010-03-31)

Running time 107 minutes

Country United States

Language English

Budget $20 million[1]

Gross revenue $42,255,196[1]



The Last Song is a 2010 American coming-of-age drama film developed alongside the Nicholas Sparks novel by the same name. The film was directed by Julie Anne Robinson in her feature film directorial debut and co-written by Sparks and Jeff Van Wie.


The Last Song stars Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, Greg Kinnear, and Bobby Coleman 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 is distributed by Touchstone Pictures.

Sparks was approached to write both the film's screenplay and the novel. 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. The setting, originally North Carolina like the novel, changed to Georgia after states campaigned for months to host production. Upon beginning production in Tybee Island, Georgia and nearby Savannah, The Last Song became the first movie to be shot and set in Tybee Island. Filming lasted from June 15 to August 18, 2009 with much of it occurring on the island's beach and pier. The Last Song was originally scheduled for wide release on January 8, 2010,[2] but has since been postponed to March 31, 2010.[3]