Zac Efron and Jessica Alba aren’t the only young stars signing on to new projects because Mamma Mia! actress Amanda Seyfried has just signed on to a new movie called Dear John, which already has Channing Tatum signed on to play the lead male.

Dear John is based on the novel from Nicholas Sparks and is about “a young woman falls on love with a solider while he’s on leave. ”

According to Variety shooting will begin on October 13 in South Carolina, the movie is set for a 2009 release.