Zac Efron Movies: The Lucky One: Warner Bros. has revealed the first images of Zac Efron on the set of The Lucky One, a film adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel.Directed by Scott Hicks, the film tells the story of 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. Upon returning home, the soldier seeks out his good-luck charm. The Lucky One filmed in New Orleans, where the story takes place.