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2008

2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied) · Hank is Late (dr horrible) — announcement: Hank says John may be writing the Paper Towns screenplay for the people who made Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. (hedged) — 00:01:52

2009

2009-01-27 · Before Looking for Alaska… — John signs off saying he has to go back to writing the Paper Towns screenplay. — 00:02:56
2009-02-10 · Paper Towns Tastic Question Tuesday — John does not know whether Paper Towns will be a movie; he is writing the screenplay, so it is up to him whether it is good enough. (hedged) — 00:00:46
2009-03-10 · How to Get Girls to Like You — John says his first draft of the Paper Towns screenplay is due in three days, so he lacks time to break the Question Tuesday world record. — 00:00:00
2009-03-18 · Lighting Candles for Rwanda — Hank has heard John's screenplay is finished and going over well with his 'Hollywood overlord'; he is excited about it and about seeing Netherlands footage. (hedged) — 00:02:14
2009-03-24 · Peeps! Prom! Puppy! — John has a busy week turning around two revisions, one on a book he is writing and one on a movie, so eating 300+ Peeps in a day would hurt his productivity. — 00:00:24
2009-04-21 · Question Tuesday — John: Paper Towns may become a movie: the people who made Juno optioned the rights with John writing the screenplay, which he is working on now. (hedged) — 00:02:04
2009-09-08 · My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) — John says the Paper Towns movie rights were acquired by Mr. Mudd and Mandate (makers of Juno); he wrote the first screenplay draft and is starting the first big revision. — 00:02:08
2009-09-08 · My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) — announcement: John asks fans to be patient about the movie and hopes to have more of an update soon. (hedged) — 00:02:08
2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — John says he is writing a screenplay for the people who made Juno, and at the end leaves to work on the Paper Towns screenplay. — 00:00:47
2009-11-17 · Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition — John says he is 10,000 words behind on NaNoWriMo because of the Paper Towns screenplay revision, and behind on the screenplay because of NaNoWriMo. (playful) — 00:00:00

2013

2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John: Adapting his own Paper Towns into a screenplay, John had the main character pursue an entirely different girl than in the book, so he may not be the best judge of faithfulness. (playful) — 00:01:56

2014

2014-09-05 · REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER! — Hank: Asked who plays Margo in the Paper Towns movie, Hank jokingly claims the role, purely for the money, as 'the Nick Cage of John Green movies'. (joke) — 00:01:16
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — announcement: John says the Paper Towns film looks really likely to happen: they have hired a director, Jake Schreier, who made Robot & Frank. (hedged) — 00:00:54
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — John calls the Paper Towns screenplay by the writers of the TFiOS film amazing. — 00:01:02
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — announcement: John says his friend Nat Wolff will play Q in the Paper Towns film. — 00:01:02
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — announcement: John says the Paper Towns film is supposedly coming out on July 31, so it might actually happen. (hedged) — 00:01:02
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John says the TFIOS movie was awesome mostly because it felt like Hollywood making a $15 million present for Nerdfighteria, and thinks the Paper Towns movie will be the same or more so. (hedged) — 00:01:14
2014-10-28 · The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! — John is in North Carolina for the Paper Towns movie; filming starts in a week, he slept in director Jake Schreier's apartment and had pizza with Cara Delevingne. — 00:00:01
2014-10-28 · The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! — John introduces Isaac Klausner, executive producer of Paper Towns and of The Fault in Our Stars, and director Jake Schreier. — 00:00:24
2014-10-28 · The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! — John shows (from afar) the wall holding the film's whole schedule and says a camera-angles meeting was full of words he didn't know, despite being 'in the movie making business'. (playful) — 00:00:31
2014-10-28 · The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! — John introduces Halston Sage, who plays Lacey in the movie. — 00:01:16
2014-10-28 · The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! — John introduces Justice Smith, who plays Radar in the movie. — 00:01:57
2014-10-28 · The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! — John heads to the read-through, where everyone will hear the cast read the script for the first time. — 00:02:53
2014-10-28 · The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! — John: At the read-through John tells the screenwriters they did a good job with the script. — 00:03:04
2014-10-28 · The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! — John: The table read went great; John is exhausted but so excited about the Paper Towns movie and grateful to everyone coming together to make it. — 00:03:09
2014-11-04 · Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns — John: At 5:48 a.m. John says the Paper Towns movie starts filming in about an hour and 12 minutes, and he is extremely excited and nervous. — 00:00:00
2014-11-04 · Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns — John: Asked what an executive producer does, John says he doesn't know: he listens to the headphones and gets a chair with his name on it. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:24
2014-11-04 · Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns — John introduces Nat Wolff, who plays Q in the movie they have just started filming. — 00:00:33
2014-11-04 · Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns — John reports that day one of filming is finished and going well; producer Wyck Godfrey cheers. — 00:02:02
2014-11-04 · Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns — John: One scene shot that day was the first part of Paper Towns John ever wrote, about nine years ago: little Q and Margo biking up to a dead body; he found it weird and wonderful and cried a little. — 00:02:37
2014-11-07 · New Crash Course and Pizzamas! — announcement: Hank will post Monday, Wednesday and Friday next week (week of 10 November 2014), then Tuesday and Thursday; expect lots of Paper Towns set, with quality decreasing as they go a little insane. (playful) — 00:03:28
2014-11-11 · Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 — Halston Sage's favourite scene in the movie or book is the bathtub scene with Q. — 00:00:27
2014-11-11 · Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 — John says Jaz Sinclair and Halston Sage play Angela and Lacey, roles he thinks are bigger in the movie than in the book. (hedged) — 00:00:39
2014-11-11 · Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 — Jaz Sinclair: Asked whether John is a good executive producer, Jaz Sinclair says he does so much. (playful) — 00:00:46
2014-11-11 · Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 — Jaz Sinclair's favourite prop on the Paper Towns set is the Black Santas. — 00:01:18
2014-11-11 · Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 — Halston Sage: Asked which boy in the cast can do the most push-ups, Halston Sage points to Austin, who did push-ups between takes to stay warm. — 00:01:46
2014-11-17 · Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 — John is back on the Paper Towns film set, where they are shooting the abandoned mini-mall scenes, which look incredible. — 00:00:18
2014-11-17 · Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 — John: most of his time on set is spent listening to Nat, Justice and Austin joke between takes, watching the monitors and hearing post-take discussions of size and lighting. (playful) — 00:01:04
2014-11-17 · Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 — John: when asked his view he says every take is ridiculously good and the acting astonishing, then everyone returns to lighting talk, so basically he doesn't really have a job. (playful) — 00:01:22
2014-11-17 · Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 — Jake Schreier: Asked by John how the movie is going, director Jake Schreier says it is going super well. — 00:01:49
2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — announcement: Hank: Because of the Paper Towns shoot dates, the Project for Awesome is moving up this year (2014), to December 12 and 13. — 00:03:50
2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — announcement: Nat Wolff announces the P4A will be on December 12 and 13, not its usual time around his December 17 birthday, because that is the end of the Paper Towns shoot. — 00:01:06
2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — announcement: John: the P4A moves to December 12 mostly because of the Paper Towns shoot, 'but also' (jokingly) Nat's birthday; he apologises but really wants to be part of it. (playful) — 00:01:34
2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — John heads back to the movie set; this is the last time he gets to say he'll see Hank tomorrow, which he calls a bummer. — 00:03:53
2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied) · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown — John: everyone involved in the Paper Towns movie is doing a great job, and he doesn't know how they do it because the hours are incredibly long. — 00:01:25
2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied) · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown — John says his own job on set is ridiculously easy (sitting in a chair eating peanut M&Ms, laughing and crying as others bring the story to life), yet he is extremely tired. (playful) — 00:01:32
2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied) · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown — John thanks the Paper Towns crew, who will stay up until five in the morning tonight. — 00:01:47
2014-11-25 · Tyler, Ingrid, Troye, Hannah, Mandy, Jenn, and Rosianna Visit Paper Towns — John says some of his YouTube friends, including Tyler Oakley, are visiting the Paper Towns set today. — 00:00:01
2014-11-25 · Tyler, Ingrid, Troye, Hannah, Mandy, Jenn, and Rosianna Visit Paper Towns — John: When Ingrid Nilsen, like Hannah Hart, names the unreleased Paper Towns as her favourite movie, John calls it smart to pick a movie nobody has seen, since nobody knows yet if it's good. (playful) — 00:01:41
2014-11-25 · Tyler, Ingrid, Troye, Hannah, Mandy, Jenn, and Rosianna Visit Paper Towns — John thanks all his YouTube friends for coming to hang out at the Paper Towns set. — 00:03:49
2014-12-02 · What You Eat Of Those You Love — John says he is back on the set of the Paper Towns movie. — 00:00:01
2014-12-09 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne of Paper Towns — John introduces Cara Delevingne, who plays Margo in the Paper Towns movie, and says he will ask her real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:06
2014-12-09 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne of Paper Towns — Cara Delevingne: Cara says she relates to Margo, which she thinks is why she got the part: she has lived many of the character's stories, said many of the script's lines, and like Margo runs on instinct. (hedged) — 00:00:30
2014-12-09 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne of Paper Towns — John, an executive producer of the movie, asks whether he is a good executive producer; Cara says no, then that he is, and that he is fun. (playful) — 00:00:51
2014-12-09 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne of Paper Towns — Cara Delevingne: Cara says she cried when she learned she had been cast, alone in a hotel room getting ready for work when the call came. — 00:02:03
2014-12-09 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne of Paper Towns — John says he knew Cara would get the part from the moment he watched her audition. — 00:02:16
2014-12-16 · Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome — John says being ill is miserable because only a few days remain in the Paper Towns shoot; he wants to be there but does not want to make the cast and crew sick before they finish. — 00:00:23
2014-12-23 · Agloe, New York — John says the Paper Towns movie finished shooting a couple of days ago, so he is home, tired and a little sick, and grateful to everyone who worked on it. — 00:00:02
2014-12-23 · Agloe, New York — John says six years later, largely thanks to readers still caring about Q, Margo and Agloe, Hollywood made a movie; he met the people he'd imagined and visited Agloe with them. — 00:02:24
2014-12-23 · Agloe, New York — John says the journey from book to film has been the weirdest and most wonderful part of a very weird and wonderful year for him. — 00:02:40

2015

2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — John: Nervous while watching the draw on the Paper Towns set, John shouted and ruined a take of the movie when AFC Wimbledon drew Liverpool. (playful) — 00:01:25
2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — John: Torn between his favourite club and the club with DFTBA on its shorts, John is flying with the Yeti to London for the game, leaving in about two hours. — 00:02:00
2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — John has to get on an airplane so he can spend 14 hours in England. (playful) — 00:03:21
2015-01-06 (said on 2015-01-05, implied) · AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth — John: On Monday John has just arrived in London with the game a few hours away; he feels great and everyone is excited. — 00:00:01
2015-01-06 (said on 2015-01-05, implied) · AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth — John: About 45 feet from Steven Gerrard, John reports Liverpool scored, then Wimbledon equalised for 1-1; he has never been this excited. — 00:01:39
2015-01-06 (said on 2015-01-05, implied) · AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth — John: After an entertaining game in which he had to root against a Steven Gerrard goal, John says AFC Wimbledon did themselves proud and technically lost. — 00:02:28
2015-01-06 (said on 2015-01-05, implied) · AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth — John: The next morning John says it was strange to see his favourite player Steven Gerrard score two goals to beat Wimbledon, but it was the absolute time of his life. — 00:02:42
2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome — John says he has written almost every day since returning from the Paper Towns set and, much as he enjoys figuring out executive producing, likes writing more. — 00:00:03
2015-02-03 (said on 2015-01-30, implied) · Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! — announcement: John says the Paper Towns movie comes out June 5th. — 00:00:46
2015-02-03 (said on 2015-01-30, implied) · Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! — John says he watched about ten minutes of the Paper Towns movie that Jake Schreier showed him in Los Angeles, and he is very excited. — 00:00:49
2015-02-03 (said on 2015-01-30, implied) · Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! — John says Nat and Justice introduced him to rap artists on the Paper Towns set, including Earl Sweatshirt, whom he likes a lot; in turn he introduced them to the Mountain Goats. — 00:01:50
2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) — announcement: The description says Teen Vogue and Fox are hosting a Paper Towns event in New York with 200 tickets available. — video description
2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) — announcement: John announces the Paper Towns movie's release date has moved to July 24th, the real date, on which he thinks it will really come out. (hedged) — 00:00:16
2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) — John calls the new date good news because Jake and everybody will have time to actually finish the movie. — 00:00:24
2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) — announcement: John says a Paper Towns trailer is coming pretty soon, though he can't say when. — 00:00:28
2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) — announcement: John announces that Scott Neustadter and Mike Weber, who wrote The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, will write the Looking for Alaska script. — 00:01:09
2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) — announcement: John says the producers of both The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns have joined the Looking for Alaska project too. — 00:01:15
2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) — John says the biggest news is that he has seen the Paper Towns movie, it is great, and he is grateful to everyone working on it. — 00:01:51
2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) — John says he really feels the Paper Towns movie is about learning to imagine others complexly. (hedged) — 00:02:05
2015-03-17 · What Are Paper Towns? — announcement: John says the Paper Towns trailer comes out on Thursday, which is why he is in the airport: he has to go be on The Today Show. — 00:00:23
2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John: After the carpet Cara Delevingne arrived; she, Nat and John introduced a clip from the Paper Towns film of Q and Margo Nair-ing off Chuck's eyebrow. — 00:01:57
2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John says the award is not the Oscars but was 'our Oscars'; it was great to be there with Nat, Justice, Cara and Shai, grateful for The Fault in Our Stars while excited about Paper Towns. — 00:02:44
2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John: At a restaurant later with the real, complicated people who made The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, John kept thinking that they care for each other, especially when the cameras are off. — 00:03:14
2015-04-28 · Is the Paper Towns Movie Like the Book? Thoughts on Adaptations — John: The question John is asked most is whether the Paper Towns movie will be (exactly) like the book; his answer is yes, but also no. — 00:00:25
2015-04-28 · Is the Paper Towns Movie Like the Book? Thoughts on Adaptations — John's own Paper Towns screenplay, written many years ago, was vastly different from the book (Q chases a different girl, an airplane crash) and was horrible because it focused on theme over storytelling. (playful) — 00:01:54
2015-04-28 · Is the Paper Towns Movie Like the Book? Thoughts on Adaptations — John calls the Paper Towns script by Mike Weber and Scott Neustadter, who wrote the Fault in Our Stars screenplay, brilliant because it captures both story and ideas; for him it created the same feelings. — 00:02:23
2015-04-28 · Is the Paper Towns Movie Like the Book? Thoughts on Adaptations — John says there is no SeaWorld in the movie, its book scenes moved elsewhere; he quips that no one was anxious to pay SeaWorld for the chance to give it good publicity. (playful) — 00:02:42
2015-04-28 · Is the Paper Towns Movie Like the Book? Thoughts on Adaptations — John: The movie has significantly less textual analysis of Walt Whitman than the book, though there is still some. (playful) — 00:02:51
2015-04-28 · Is the Paper Towns Movie Like the Book? Thoughts on Adaptations — John: Some changes are just better: in the movie Angela joins a road trip she isn't part of in the book; John likes the decision and wishes he had made it eight years ago. — 00:02:57
2015-04-28 · Is the Paper Towns Movie Like the Book? Thoughts on Adaptations — John learned from the Goonies novelization that changes are not necessarily for the worse; he would rather Paper Towns be good than faithful, but believes it is both. — 00:03:06
2015-04-28 · Is the Paper Towns Movie Like the Book? Thoughts on Adaptations — John is very grateful to the people who made the Paper Towns film and feels very lucky. — 00:03:16
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — announcement: John: The Paper Towns film comes out in about 56 days in the US, at different times elsewhere; John will travel to support the release, at least to Brazil and the UK and probably other places. (hedged) — 00:02:58
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — announcement: John: July 24 is both the Paper Towns release date and the first day of VidCon, which John jokes will be relaxing. — 00:03:15
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — John can't believe the Paper Towns film is under two months away; it gives him a fear-excitement, throat-tightening feeling he has a complicated relationship with but recommends over mouth pain. (playful) — 00:03:28
2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — announcement: John: The Paris stop of the Paper Towns tour is a meet and greet on June 17 at 6:30 pm at the Librairie de Paris. — video description
2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — announcement: John: The Berlin event is fully booked; Fox's German account @FoxDeutschland will announce any further tickets. — video description
2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — announcement: John: A special Paper Towns event is coming to London very soon, with details from @UKPaperTowns. — video description
2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — announcement: John: The US leg, where viewers' votes decide where Cara, Nat and John go, is called the #GetLostGetFound tour; FAQs are on John's Tumblr. — video description
2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — announcement: John: Next week (week of 15 June 2015) John tours Europe with his wife and friends: a sold-out Berlin event on Tuesday June 16, meeting people outside a Paris bookstore Wednesday, London on Thursday (place and time to be determined). — 00:00:06
2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — announcement: John tells German Nerdfighters he will post on Twitter if more Berlin tickets become available and hopes they enjoy 'Margos Spuren'. — 00:00:17
2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — John tells Hank the Paper Towns movie is starting to become real. — 00:00:36
2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — announcement: John, Nat and Cara will tour the US in July, visiting the states with the most votes at papertownsmovie.com/tour, where one Tumblr like or reblog counts as one vote, until June 15. — 00:01:10
2015-06-16 (said on 2015-06-13, implied) · Paper Towns Madrid with Nat Wolff! THE TOUR BEGINS — The description says the European leg of the Paper Towns press tour begins in Madrid, with John and Nat Wolff pushing through crushing jet lag. — video description
2015-06-16 (said on 2015-06-13, implied) · Paper Towns Madrid with Nat Wolff! THE TOUR BEGINS — announcement: The description says the Paper Towns movie is 38 days from its US release on July 24th, and John will share a Mountain Goats song he loves every day until then. — video description
2015-06-16 (said on 2015-06-13, implied) · Paper Towns Madrid with Nat Wolff! THE TOUR BEGINS — John: In Asheville, John's parents, 'noted American heroes Mom and Dad', will look after John's kids for the week while he is in Europe. — 00:00:16
2015-06-16 (said on 2015-06-13, implied) · Paper Towns Madrid with Nat Wolff! THE TOUR BEGINS — John: Having dropped off the kids, John reaches New York just in time for the flight to Madrid, hoping to sleep the whole way, and finds Nat. (hedged) — 00:00:44
2015-06-23 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff — announcement: The description says the Paper Towns film comes out in US theaters on July 24th, which the video forgot to mention. — video description
2015-06-23 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff — John records Question Tuesday in the back of a movie theater in Berlin with Nat Wolff, who plays Q, and Cara Delevingne, who plays Margo Roth Spiegelman in the Paper Towns film. — 00:00:06
2015-06-23 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff — John says the band Haim is on the Paper Towns soundtrack. — 00:01:05
2015-06-30 · Some News — John is in an airport on his way to Brazil for the Paper Towns premiere there and will not be home for 28 days except for a brief stop. — 00:00:03
2015-06-30 · Some News — announcement: John says he, Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff and Halston Sage will tour the US before the Paper Towns film comes out, in the states that won a Tumblr vote: Ohio, Texas and Indiana. — 00:00:41
2015-06-30 · Some News — John thanks the many voters from outside Indiana who helped his small home state win so he could have a tour day with his family. — 00:00:54
2015-06-30 · Some News — announcement: John: The tour stops are Indianapolis on July 14th, Columbus, Ohio on July 15th and Dallas, Texas on July 16th; all events are free. — 00:01:06
2015-06-30 · Some News — announcement: John does not know the tour venues and times yet but expects to within the next week and will let viewers know. (hedged) — 00:01:11
2015-06-30 · Some News — John: Last night Sarah and a group of John's friends saw the Paper Towns film for the first time and, he thinks, really liked it. (hedged) — 00:01:21
2015-06-30 · Some News — John has a cameo in the Paper Towns film, but none of the friends noticed it; Sarah asked afterwards where he was. (playful) — 00:01:30
2015-06-30 · Some News — announcement: John: The night before the Paper Towns film opens in the US on July 24th, a special event on July 23rd in a couple hundred theaters will be its first real public US showing, followed by a livestream with the whole cast and unnamed special guests. — 00:01:47
2015-06-30 · Some News — ask: John points viewers to nightonthetowns.com, linked in the description, for the night-before screening and livestream where the cast will answer questions and sing. — 00:02:11
2015-06-30 · Some News — announcement: John: Weber and Neustadter, screenwriters of the TFIOS and Paper Towns films, have written a Looking for Alaska script, and Becca Thomas, director of Electric Children, has been hired to direct, so the film will probably happen. (hedged) — 00:02:58
2015-06-30 · Some News — John says it is scary, for him too, when a book is turned into a movie, but also exciting, and hopes viewers are excited for both films. — 00:03:25
2015-07-07 · Understanding the Financial Crisis in Greece — John is just back from a crazy, beautiful and exhausting trip to Brazil in support of Cidades de Papel and says he will talk more about it later. — 00:00:01
2015-07-10 · How to Get to Pluto: From a Waterpark — Hank is excited for everyone to see the pictures, just as John is excited for everyone to see the Paper Towns movie. (playful) — 00:03:13
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — announcement: John: The Dallas stop of the Paper Towns tour at The Bomb Factory features a performance by Saint Motel, whose song 'My Type' is on the film's soundtrack, and is hosted by Allison and Gaby of Just Between Us. — video description
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John is leaving Birmingham for New York City, probably for press, though he doesn't exactly know why. (hedged) — 00:00:38
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — announcement: John will be in Indianapolis the next day for the start of the Paper Towns tour with Nat, Cara, Akilah Hughes and Nerdfighters, then Columbus and Dallas; events are free, details in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:45
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — announcement: John: The Paper Towns movie opens July 24th; it already opened in Brazil with an amazing opening weekend, and the early reviews are great, a huge relief to John. — 00:01:15
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John is exhausted and drained: he is not good at interviews and misses his family and home; the last month has been exhausting with two weeks still to go. — 00:01:29
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John won't take a break from promoting the movie, which he has no contractual obligation to do, because he likes it and is grateful, nor from vlogging, which fills him up rather than drains him. — 00:02:04
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John thanks Nerdfighters for worrying, says he is okay, and is excited to meet some of them on tour instead of answering the same 8 questions from press outlets. — 00:02:53
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — announcement: John: The secret hashtag John invented for following Nerdfighteria's responses to the Paper Towns movie is #wallofcow. — video description
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — John says the past week was intense and overwhelming, with lots of interviews, which he is not good at, but he was usually with Nat Wolff, who makes everything better. — 00:00:04
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — John met many thousands of Nerdfighters around the country, and many wanted to say hello to Hank, as crowds then do. — 00:00:16
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — announcement: John says the fancy New York premiere of Paper Towns is tonight. — 00:00:38
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — announcement: John says the movie comes out Friday, July 24th, with a special screening on Thursday at many theaters around the US and Canada. — 00:00:47
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — ask: John: Though some screenings are sold out, John hopes viewers can still get tickets at nightonthetowns.com to see the movie early along with a livestream with the cast and musical performances. (hedged) — 00:00:58
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — John says he is wound up and copes with stress by reading reviews of Paper Towns, because he really wants people to see it. — 00:01:18
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — announcement: John: Correcting himself, John says the movie is already out in Brazil, Australia and elsewhere, critics have seen it and reviews are great; Variety said it was better than The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:01:27
2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — ask: John: Asked about his own movie coming out this week (week of 20 July 2015), John confirms it and tells the audience to go see Paper Towns. — 00:01:56
2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — John is incredibly anxious and feels maybe VidCon and the movie shouldn't have been scheduled on the same day. (hedged) — 00:01:58
2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John left his vacation hammock and family, drove across Michigan to Lansing listening to The Mountain Goats, and flew to New York City. — 00:00:01
2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John got lunch with his publisher Julie Strauss-Gabel, who has on her wall the first map ever made containing Agloe, New York; they talked about how much she liked the movie. — 00:00:55
2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John: On stage with host Akilah Hughes, John felt a wave of energy; the mayor of Indianapolis declared July 14, 2015 John Green Day, which John found very weird. — 00:01:50
2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John says the Paper Towns movie is out in most of the world and thanks everyone who watched it and shared responses via Nerdfighteria's #wallofcow. — 00:03:29
2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John says the past two months were long and difficult; he missed his family and is glad to be home, but the tour week was an adventure that brought him closer to people he loves. — 00:03:37
2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John thanks everyone who made the movie, and thanks Hank for a great VidCon. — 00:03:49
2015-07-31 · Why Paper Towns is Awesome — Hank finally saw Paper Towns and feels bad that it took him so long. — 00:00:09
2015-07-31 · Why Paper Towns is Awesome — Hank says Paper Towns has been, by most measures, less successful than The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:00:49
2015-07-31 · Why Paper Towns is Awesome — Hank was relieved: the movie is quite good and full of great moments; he laughed out loud, clutching Katherine, and the audience enjoyed it too. — 00:01:16
2015-07-31 · Why Paper Towns is Awesome — Hank says the film is about normal people having normal but wonderful moments, not exceptional ones: 'not Frodo going to Mordor', just people liking and understanding each other. — 00:01:28
2015-07-31 · Why Paper Towns is Awesome — Hank says Paper Towns' success trajectory mirrors its story: things don't have to be exceptional to be good and lovely for those who make and enjoy them. — 00:01:55
2015-07-31 · Why Paper Towns is Awesome — Hank suggests the film may have a bigger impact on the fewer people it reaches, thanks to its practical knowledge of how the world and relationships work, perhaps why it is less successful. (hedged) — 00:02:11
2015-08-04 · Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza — John says his cameo in the Paper Towns movie is not something you see so much as someone you hear. — 00:02:06

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2016

2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — 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
2016-11-17 · Decathlons, Pretension, and the Weirdest Animal I've Met: It's Question Thursday — John says they own one copy of each Harry Potter book except book four, of which they have two; one was on Quentin's nightstand in the Paper Towns movie. — 00:01:05

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2017

2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John says they did it again with Paper Towns, and he then thought that had been a good run, since Paper Towns made less money. — 00:02:09
2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John: Isaac, producer of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, pointed out that obsessive thoughts are also non-linguistic, which didn't stop John writing the book. — 00:02:43

2020

2020-09-08 · That's the way. — John: Asked what he would do if AFC Wimbledon faced Liverpool, John says in a comment that they have, and it was strange and difficult. — creator comment

2022

2022-01-25 · My Least Relatable Story: The Parisian Dentist — John: In 2015 John, Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne travelled to eight countries in two weeks to promote the Paper Towns movie. — 00:00:00

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2024

2024-10-01 · On Fame and Chappell Roan — John's least favourite photo of himself is from the Paper Towns film premiere: on top of the world, rich and very famous, he was in the middle of a panic attack. — 00:00:12