Such is the latest news from the Hollywood trades, which report that M. Night Shyamalan, Nicholas Sparks, and Jake Gyllenhaal are teaming up for a new “romantic thriller.” Per Deadline, Shyamalan and Sparks came up with the original story together,

Jake Gyllenhaal is making the visit to M. Night Shyamalan for the writer-director’s next feature, which will share a story with a new original romance novel by Nicholas Sparks. The original narrative is a collaboration between Sparks and Shyamalan,

The "Sixth Sense" director and the "Notebook" author are collaborating on a story, which Shyamalan will adapt into a film and Sparks will write as a novel.