Miley Cyrus moving beyond 'Hanna Montana' with Nicholas Sparks film

[color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial]Miley is movin' on.[/font][/color]

[color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial][url=http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/The+Walt+Disney+Company][color:d7c5=#015fb6]Disney[/color][/url] darling [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Miley+Cyrus][color:d7c5=#015fb6]Miley Cyrus[/color][/url] is set to star in an upcoming [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Nicholas+Sparks][color:d7c5=#015fb6]Nicholas Sparks[/color][/url]' movie, Variety reports - a move intended to break away from her child star image.[/font][/color]

[color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial]Cyrus, 15, reportedly told Disney execs that she wanted to work on something like [/font][/color][color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial]Sparks[/font][/color][color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial]' 2002 tear-jerker "A Walk to Remember," which starred [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Mandy+Moore][color:d7c5=#015fb6]Mandy Moore[/color][/url]. [/font][/color]

[color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial]And what Miley wants, Miley gets. [/font][/color]

[color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial]Sparks[/font][/color][color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial] is now signed on to write a novel due out next year while also working on the screenplay specifically for the young starlet. [/font][/color]

[color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial]Cyrus and her family "were very familiar with the work I've done in the past. That played a role in this project coming together," [/font][/color][color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial]Sparks[/font][/color][color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial] said.[/font][/color]

[color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial]The "[url=http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Hannah+Montana][color:d7c5=#015fb6]Hannah Montana[/color][/url]" star is reportedly excited about the plot, which has been kept hush-hush. [/font][/color]

[color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial]Keeping it in the family, Cyrus' mother, Tish, is set to be the film's executive producer.

While she's voiced several cartoon characters on the big screen, the film will be Miley's first starring, non-Hannah [/font][/color][color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial]Montana[/font][/color][color:d7c5=#363636][font:d7c5=Arial] movie role. Miley also appeared in 2003's "Big Fish" before taking on the hit role of the teen star. [/font][/color]