John: the Looking for Alaska Hulu series will really happen this time (2018)
prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2019-11-01) · owner: John
Part of: Looking for Alaska limited series on Hulu (2018)
Told alongside: Looking for Alaska film adaptation in development (2007) · Let It Snow film adaptation (2011) · John shows Looking for Alaska series leads Charlie Plummer and Kristine Froseth and director Sarah Adina Smith around his old high school (2019)
About: Looking for Alaska (miniseries), Hulu, Looking for Alaska (novel)
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-14 | predicted | John says Looking for Alaska is to be adapted into a Hulu limited series; it's still happening, he has read the great first-episode script, and that's all he knows. | Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes 00:00:29 |
| 2018-10-31 | predicted | John says this time the series is really going to happen, he thinks. (hedged) | The Looking for Alaska Thing 00:03:17 |
| 2019-01-01 | repeated | That will be hard because the Looking for Alaska Hulu series will probably film this year (2019), as will a movie of Let It Snow, which John wrote with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. (hedged) | How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions 00:02:37 |
| 2019-03-12 | repeated | John says the eight-episode Hulu adaptation of his first novel, Looking for Alaska, is supposed to begin shooting soon. (hedged) | Going Home with Alaska and Miles 00:00:00 |
| 2019-10-08 | repeated | John says this time the series is going to happen, he thinks. (hedged) | Looking for Alaska (...with Alaska) 00:00:29 |
| 2019-10-15 | came true | John says the Looking for Alaska show comes out on Friday or Saturday and its reviews so far have been really good. | I'm Having a Lot of Feelings 00:00:29 |
| 2019-11-01 | came true | John says the Looking for Alaska TV series has just come out and is really wonderful. | On Looking Up to Your Little Brother 00:01:41 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John adds that, just as he doesn't cast movies, he does not cast Hulu shows. (playful) — 00:00:38
- 2018-10-31 · The Looking for Alaska Thing — John says the series is not his but belongs to Stephanie and Josh, as it should; they have welcomed him into every aspect, including sending him the audition tapes. — 00:03:20
- 2018-10-31 · The Looking for Alaska Thing — John says both actors cast as Alaska and Miles embodied the characters for him in surprising, overwhelming ways, and both had read and cared about the book years ago. — 00:03:27
- 2018-10-31 · The Looking for Alaska Thing — John says who knows how the show will turn out, but he is excited and grateful to everyone who stuck with it through 13 long years. — 00:03:41
- 2018-10-31 · The Looking for Alaska Thing — John notes the two leads were little kids when the book came out; he doesn't believe in fate, but calls it good fortune that the story waited for them. — 00:03:49
- 2019-01-01 · How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions — announcement: John: There is also the possibility of a Turtles All the Way Down movie, and John wants to be present for all of it. (hedged) — 00:02:45
- 2019-01-01 · How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions — John: For John, parenthood is not just about quality time but also about quantity time, so he has to make trade-offs. — 00:02:48
- 2019-01-01 · How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions — announcement: John wants to read at least two books per month and be a productive member of the Life's Library Book Club community. — 00:02:58