John: the Fault in Our Stars film is actually going to happen (2013)
prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied)) · owner: John · last mentioned: 2016-09-20
In February 2013 John, his heart broken by Hollywood before, said he was starting to believe the film of The Fault in Our Stars would really be made, and in April he called it increasingly likely. By August 2013 he was on the film's set, and the film came out in America in June 2014.
Part of: The Fault in Our Stars film adaptation (2012)
Told alongside: John predicts The Fault in Our Stars movie will be a good movie (2013) · John asks viewers to mark the TFIOS film's June 6 release on their calendars (2013)
About: The Fault in Our Stars (film)
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-19 | predicted | Having had his heart broken by Hollywood before, John says he is starting to think the TFIOS movie is actually going to happen. (hedged) | Doing Things, On the Importance of 00:01:21 |
| 2013-04-02 | repeated | John says a film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars seems increasingly likely, though still not certain. (hedged) | TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video 00:01:27 |
| 2013-08-27 | came true | 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. | On the TFIOS Movie Set 00:02:12 |
| 2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied) (happened 2014-06-06) | came true | John says it is actually Saturday because he will be on vacation on Tuesday; the TFiOS film came out in America the day before and he is extremely tired. (playful) | Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers 00:00:01 |
| 2016-09-20 (happened 2012-05) | recalled | 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. | Failing to Follow Up The Fault in Our Stars 00:01:14 |
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What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John warns viewers not to believe what they read online about the film, since Los Angeles journalists seem to make things up; real news will come from him. — 00:01:26
- 2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — announcement: 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
- 2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John says, in what he calls his most positive statement ever about Hollywood, that people should be cautiously optimistic about the film. (hedged) — 00:01:56
- 2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John says everyone on the set feels a tremendous responsibility to the story and its readers. — 00:02:30
- 2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John thinks that sense of responsibility is why it is going to be a good movie. (hedged) — 00:02:39
- 2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied) · Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John says the TFiOS film looks set to be the number one movie in America this week (week of 9 June 2014), beating films that cost hundreds of millions of dollars. (hedged) — 00:00:10
- 2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied) · Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John says reviews of the TFiOS film have been amazing and, per Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of viewers liked it. — 00:00:19