Some News

2015-06-30 · announcement · John · 3:57 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books & writing (also: Personal life, US politics & society) · mode: Announcements · tags: self promotion, timely hook, on location

John, in an airport en route to the Paper Towns premiere in Brazil, gives a roundup of news: his daughter's illness, the Tumblr-chosen US tour stops, a July 23 night-before screening, and Becca Thomas's hiring to direct a Looking for Alaska movie he is now excited about.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — John in an airport on his way to the Paper Towns premiere in Brazil; away from home for 28 days

• ★★ 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 · Paper Towns (film), Nerdfighteria

00:00:17 — Bad news: John's daughter is sick and threw up

• ★★ John's young daughter is a little sick and threw up this morning; he found it heartbreaking because small children cannot understand what is happening to them. — 00:00:18 · Alice Green

00:00:39 — Paper Towns US tour: Tumblr vote winners Ohio, Texas, Indiana; dates and free events

• ★★★ 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 · Paper Towns (film), Tumblr, Indiana
• ★★ 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 · Indiana
• ★★★ 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 · Indianapolis
• ★★ 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

00:01:21 — Sarah and friends see the Paper Towns film and like it; nobody notices John's cameo

• ★★ 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 · Sarah Urist Green, Paper Towns (film)
• ★★ 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 · Paper Towns (film), Sarah Urist Green

00:01:46 — Night-before screening on July 23 in a couple hundred US theaters with a cast livestream (nightonthetowns.com)

• ★★★ 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 · Paper Towns (film)
• ★★ 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 · doobly-doo

00:02:18 — Looking for Alaska movie: John's history with the sold rights and his new excitement now that Becca Thomas will direct the Weber and Neustadter script

• ★★★ More than ten years ago John sold the film rights to his first novel, Looking for Alaska, and he has often tried to get them back since. — 00:02:24 · Looking for Alaska (novel)
• ★★ A big part of John never wanted a Looking for Alaska movie made, because the story is very personal to him and matters to many readers. — 00:02:32 · Looking for Alaska (novel)
• ★★ The money from selling the rights let John and Sarah move to New York so Sarah could go to graduate school toward becoming a curator, so John cannot really regret the sale. — 00:02:39 · New York City, Sarah Urist Green
• ★★★ 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 · The Fault in Our Stars (film), Paper Towns (film), Looking for Alaska (novel)
• ★★ The film might still fall apart, but John hopes not, because he really likes Becca Thomas and thinks she understands the book completely. (hedged) — 00:03:12 · Looking for Alaska (novel)
• ★★★ John says he is now excited about the prospect of a Looking for Alaska movie, words he never thought he would say. — 00:03:19 · Looking for Alaska (novel)
• ★ 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 · Paper Towns (film)

00:03:34 — More good news: the Supreme Court did not cancel health insurance; marriage equality across the US

• ★★ John counts as good news that the US Supreme Court did not cancel "our" health insurance. — 00:03:36
• ★★★ John celebrates that anyone anywhere in the US can now marry the person they love, toasting the activists and decades of activism behind it. — 00:03:38

00:03:48 — Sign-off and P.S. about the champagne popper not allowed in the airport

• ★ P.S.: John tried to bring a champagne popper into the airport for a celebration at the end of the video, but it was not allowed. (playful) — 00:03:51

Threads in this video

• told · John travels to Brazil for the Paper Towns premiere, away from home for 28 days (2015) — John is in an airport on his way to the Paper Towns premiere in Brazil and will be away from home for 28 days except for a brief stop. (00:00:03)
• result reported · John asks viewers to vote for their state for the Paper Towns US tour at papertownsmovie.com/tour (2015) — John reports that the Tumblr vote picked Ohio, Texas and Indiana for the Paper Towns US tour. (00:00:47)
• thanks · John asks viewers to vote for their state for the Paper Towns US tour at papertownsmovie.com/tour (2015) — John thanks the voters from outside Indiana who helped Indiana win so he could spend a tour day with his family. (00:00:54)
• milestone · Paper Towns movie tour (2015): Europe stops and US states chosen by Tumblr vote — John announces the US tour stops with Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff and Halston Sage: Indianapolis July 14, Columbus July 15, Dallas July 16; all events free. (00:01:06)
• promised · John: announce the venues and times of the US Paper Towns tour stops within a week (2015) — John says he should know the tour venues and times within the next week and will let viewers know. (00:01:11)
• told · Sarah and John's friends see the Paper Towns film; nobody notices John's cameo (2015) — Sarah and a group of friends see the Paper Towns film for the first time and like it, but none notice John's cameo; Sarah asks where he was. (00:01:21)
• asked · John points viewers to the Night on the Towns screening and cast livestream on July 23 (2015) — John points viewers to the July 23 night-before screening and cast livestream at nightonthetowns.com, linked in the description. (00:02:11)
• milestone · Looking for Alaska film adaptation in development (2007) — John announces that Weber and Neustadter have written a Looking for Alaska script and Becca Thomas has been hired to direct, so the film will probably happen. (00:02:58)
• restate · Should LGBTQ people be fully accepted, with equal rights including marriage? — John celebrates that people anywhere in the US can now marry the person they love and toasts the activists behind it. (00:03:38)
• came true · Hank: gay marriage will soon no longer be illegal in the US (2012) — John celebrates that anyone anywhere in the US can now marry the person they love, toasting the activists and decades of activism behind it. (00:03:38)
• milestone · Paper Towns film: production and release (2014) — 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)
• came true · John: the ACA will probably keep working unless the Supreme Court guts it within months (2015) — John counts as good news that the US Supreme Court did not cancel "our" health insurance. (00:03:36)
• update · John's Paper Towns film promotional tour: New York, Indianapolis, Columbus, Dallas (July 2015) — 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)
• told · John sells the Looking for Alaska film rights for three times his salary, paying for his and Sarah's move to New York (2005) — The money from selling the rights let John and Sarah move to New York so Sarah could go to graduate school toward becoming a curator, so John cannot really regret the sale. (00:02:39)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• John points viewers to the Night on the Towns screening and cast livestream on July 23 (2015) — invitation (not a request); last: reminder, 2015-07-21
• John asks viewers to vote for their state for the Paper Towns US tour at papertownsmovie.com/tour (2015) — reported back; last: thanks, 2015-06-30
• John: the ACA will probably keep working unless the Supreme Court guts it within months (2015) — came true
• Hank: gay marriage will soon no longer be illegal in the US (2012) — came true
• John: announce the venues and times of the US Paper Towns tour stops within a week (2015) — the project it belongs to reported its result; last: progress update, 2015-07-14
• Looking for Alaska film adaptation in development (2007) — completed; last: outcome, 2019-11-01
• Paper Towns film: production and release (2014) — completed; last: looked back, 2024-02-06
• Paper Towns movie tour (2015): Europe stops and US states chosen by Tumblr vote — completed; last: looked back, 2022-01-25

Mentioned

Central: Looking for Alaska (film) · Night on the Towns · Paper Towns (film) · Rebecca Thomas

Also: People: Alice Green · Cara Delevingne · Halston Sage · Nat Wolff · Sarah Urist Green

Works: Looking for Alaska (novel)

Organizations: Supreme Court of the United States · Tumblr

Terms: doobly-doo

Concepts: same-sex marriage

Places: Brazil · Columbus, Ohio · Dallas · Indiana · Indianapolis · Indianapolis International Airport · New York City · Ohio · Texas

Policies: Affordable Care Act

Only in the description or credits: Electric Children · Michael H. Weber · Scott Neustadter · The Fault in Our Stars (film)

Also centred on Looking for Alaska (film): Brotherhood 2.0: May 16: Beating the EBO into the ground · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday · The Looking for Alaska Thing

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