Fox 2000 Pictures

film studio · in 53 videos (2012–2024)

John calls Elizabeth and Erin at Fox 2000 perfect stewards, and the studio behind his earlier films then took on Turtles All the Way Down, released on Max in 2024.

Part of: 20th Century Fox (studio)

Videos by year: 2012: 3 · 2013: 13 · 2014: 16 · 2015: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2024: 10

Also known as: Fox 2000, FOX 2000

Threads

• The Fault in Our Stars film adaptation (2012) — project history, completed, 2012–2024
• Turtles All the Way Down film adaptation (2017) — project history, completed, 2017–2024

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

The Fault in Our Stars (film) (5) · Hazel Grace Lancaster (2) · The Fault in Our Stars (5)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2012

• 2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says he will be involved in the TFIOS movie in any way he can be helpful, but he is not a movie person. — 00:00:10
  • John says Fox 2000 optioned the movie rights to The Fault in Our Stars; hopefully they will make it, but it is too soon to get excited. (hedged) — 00:00:16
• 2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — announcement: John notes that the movie rights to The Fault in Our Stars were optioned by Fox 2000, and that the script is being written by the writers of (500) Days of Summer. — video description
  • John goes to get his movie deal notarized, calling it the day of the best errands ever; the description says it is the movie option for The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:01:23
• 2012-06-05 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked whether he will cast nerdfighters in a Fault in Our Stars movie, John says if Fox makes it he will have exactly as much say in casting as viewers, and should not be trusted with it. — 00:02:27

2013

• 2013-01-22 · How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday — John: Asked about the TFIOS movie, John says he loves the script but doesn't think he is allowed to say anything else. — 00:02:19
• 2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John: Having had his heart broken by Hollywood before, John is starting to think the Fault in Our Stars movie is actually going to happen. (hedged) — 00:01:18
• 2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — announcement: John says a film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars seems increasingly likely, though still not certain. (hedged) — 00:01:27
  • John announces Shailene Woodley has been cast as Hazel, citing her Golden Globe nomination and Sundance award, and says she is a real fan who wrote him before the film. — 00:01:56
• 2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — announcement: John confirms the TFIOS film casting: Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters and Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace Lancaster. — 00:00:37
  • To fans angry about the casting, John says he too wants a good movie; having seen the auditions, he says viewers will just see Hazel and Gus, not the actors. — 00:00:44
• 2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John is on the set of The Fault in Our Stars movie, in a trailer with producer Isaac, filming at a deliberately weird angle so as not to give away locations, and cannot show the set (no spoilers). — 00:00:06
  • John says the movie is happening because of the script, producers, director and cast, but also because many people read, loved and shared the book: without that, there would be no movie. — 00:02:12
• 2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John says one of his favorite things about the movie so far is that real teen cancer survivors were cast for the support group; he thanks them for taking part and sharing their experiences. — 00:02:20
• 2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John never thought The Fault in Our Stars would become a movie: Hollywood rarely makes love stories about disabled teenagers, with a lead wearing a nasal cannula in every scene; he is delighted. — 00:00:00
  • The film comes out on June 6 in the US; John does not yet know the international dates. — 00:00:29
  • John stresses he is not a producer and the film is not his movie: he is not its director, producer, casting director, music supervisor or actor. — 00:01:27
• …and 18 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

2014

• 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John went to Los Angeles a couple of days ago to watch a movie he doesn't think he is allowed to name; he hints that it comes out on June 6th. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • John says the movie is funny but at other times very, very sad; he really loved it, which is exciting and a huge relief. — 00:00:06
• 2014-01-24 · The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION! — announcement: John: Asked by Hank about the TFIOS trailer, John says it will come out soon, in the next few weeks. — 00:02:56
• 2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — announcement: John: To hold viewers over, John gives the world premiere of a ten-second TFIOS film teaser, with Hazel's line about being thankful for 'our little infinity'. — 00:00:37
• 2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank thanks John for helping bring something so cool into the world; he is extremely excited for John and himself, though the film is still five months away. — 00:03:28
• 2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John says he loves Nerdfighteria and talking about what he cares about but does not want to be a real celebrity, which is why they always turned down TV; he went because he is proud of the TFIOS film. — 00:01:59
  • John tells Nerdfighteria the film's attention will be weird and hopefully awesome, but they should focus on continuing to do what they are good at. (hedged) — 00:02:44
• 2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John says the TFIOS film is starting to happen: they just held the first screening for fans of the book, and the fans liked the movie. — 00:01:58
• 2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John was reunited with friends who played the support group in the film, all of whom have lived with cancer, and toured with YouTuber Evelina Barry as co-host. — 00:00:29
• 2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — announcement: Hank announces The Night Before Our Stars: US-only screenings (not everywhere, not Missoula) on June 5, the day before release, then a livestream with John, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley and Josh Boone. (hedged) — 00:02:58
• 2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John says he loves the movie and finds it amazingly faithful to the book, powerful, funny and moving; its makers cared about the story and each other. (hedged) — 00:02:41 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
• 2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank is not worried that the movie is bad or that people won't like it: it is great, people will love it, and he cried several times because it added to him. — 00:03:14
• …and 14 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

2015

• 2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John: Shailene Woodley won best actress for her role in The Fault in Our Stars; her kindness about John in her speech made him cry, and Nat teased him for it. — 00:02:23
  • The Fault in Our Stars won Best Movie, and John made the acceptance speech, as everyone had urged, so that he could thank Esther. — 00:02:38

2016

• 2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked to six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon himself, John says he acted in The Fault in Our Stars movie (scene cut, but in the extended version) with Laura Dern, who was in Novocaine with Kevin Bacon. (playful) — 00:01:23
  • John admits this bums him out but reminds him how lucky he was with two great book-to-movie experiences; authors are almost never as welcomed into the process as he was with The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. — 00:02:19
• 2016-09-20 · Failing to Follow Up The Fault in Our Stars — John says The Fault in Our Stars kept selling, and in May 2012 he read an amazing screenplay adaptation and realized it might become a movie. — 00:01:14

2017

• 2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John says he almost didn't sell the film rights to The Fault in Our Stars, partly after bad experiences in Hollywood and partly because the book was very close to him. — 00:01:05
  • John says he sold the rights and got very lucky: Elizabeth and Erin at Fox 2000 were perfect stewards, with amazing producers, screenwriters and cast, and a movie he really loved. — 00:01:54
  • After two months of talks on telling the story visually without the old OCD tropes, John announces that the studio and production company behind his earlier films will try to make a Turtles movie. — 00:02:51
  • John says this doesn't mean there will definitely be a movie, only that there might be one. (hedged) — 00:03:06

2018

• 2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — announcement: John has just read Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker's beautiful screenplay adaptation of Turtles All the Way Down; he thinks it might actually become a movie and is excited but nervous. (hedged) — 00:00:10
  • After John sold The Fault in Our Stars film rights to Fox 2000, they could have set the movie on Mars. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • Fans were very mad when Nat Wolff was cast as Isaac, who is blond in the book, and John was concerned too, but Wolff turned out to be the perfect Isaac. — 00:01:06

2022

• 2022-04-08 · Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties — announcement: John reminds Hank that Turtles All the Way Down is really going to be a movie, and introduces a conversation with its star, Isabela Merced. — 00:00:29
• 2022-04-26 · An Amazing Day — John reports that today is the first day of the Turtles All the Way Down movie shoot, in Cincinnati. — 00:00:00
• 2022-05-24 · Hello! Meet Daisy! — announcement: John introduces Cree, who plays Daisy in the Turtles All the Way Down movie. — 00:00:00
• 2022-05-31 · A Casting Announcement — announcement: John announces, as the news no major publication covered, that he has also been cast in the Turtles All the Way Down movie. (playful) — 00:00:00
• 2022-06-07 · Hello! Meet Aza! — announcement: John introduces Isabela Merced, the star of the Turtles All the Way Down movie, who plays Aza. — 00:00:00
• 2022-09-13 · A Million Things at Once — announcement: John is going to see the first cut of the Turtles All the Way Down film this week (week of 12 September 2022); release is a long way off, and he is very excited and a little nervous. — 00:00:00

2024

• 2024-02-06 · The Truth of How Books Become Movies — John says that the day after Turtles All the Way Down came out, a movie studio offered to option it. — 00:00:00
  • John announces he got a call saying the Turtles All the Way Down movie is coming out later this year (2024) on Max. — 00:04:22
• 2024-04-04 · The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie looks WEIRD!!! — announcement: Hank makes an extra Thursday video to announce that the Turtles All the Way Down trailer is out and the release date is May 2 on Max, formerly (and still in Europe) HBO Max. — 00:00:00
• 2024-04-09 · Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX — announcement: John: Answering viewers, John says the Turtles All the Way Down film will stream on Max in the UK, the Netherlands and other listed places, out May 2 in most places including the US. — 00:04:57
  • John says the movie is so good; nobody paid him to say so, and they can't, which is part of why he took the deal he took. — 00:05:23
• 2024-04-16 · I Already Got Paid — announcement: John says the film's trailer is live, linked in the description, and the film comes out May 2nd on Max. — 00:03:14
• 2024-04-23 · Full Hank — announcement: John says the Turtles All the Way Down film comes out May 2 on Max. — 00:01:40
  • John watched the film with an audience of about 1,400 at the LA Times book festival: incredible, special to feel the room's energy and read the responses afterwards. — 00:01:40
• 2024-04-30 · Not Doing That Great — John got home last night from the amazing LA premiere of the Turtles All the Way Down film, celebrated with its makers, Kirsten Dunst, YouTube friends, Rosianna and the cast; his kids saw one of his movies for the first time and loved it. — 00:00:00
• 2024-05-03 · Everything Wrong with Turtles All the Way Down — announcement: Hank says the film is on Max; in the US Max can be had through the Play Store, the App Store, Amazon Prime or Max.com. — 00:02:39
• 2024-05-07 · A Secret about Art — John: Interviewing himself, John says he is thrilled with the response to the film so far: despite a minuscule marketing budget, it has reached so many people. — 00:00:29
• 2024-05-20 · Hang on tight, spider monkey, it's the P4A 2024 MEME REVIEW!! — sponsor: Jarrod: In a clip, Jared reads the sponsor message: the video is brought to you by the Turtles All the Way Down movie, out May 2nd on Max or HBO Max, depending on country. (playful) — 00:07:12
• …and 2 statements more in 2024 — all statements of 2024