Executive producer Josh Schwartz stopped by the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles to talk about the difficult process of bringing the classic John Green novel to the screen.
“We’ve all been waiting a while for this,” Joshsaid. “I was sent the book 14 years ago when it was an unpublished manuscript by a then, unknown, author named John Green and immediately fell in love with it. I had to do it. Even though it was based on John’s experience, it resonated with me. It’s been a journey, I started writing it as a feature at Paramount, there were many different drafts for many different executives. I felt it was never going to get made. They almost made it without me, but I couldn’t move on so when the opportunity came to revisit it as a limited series, I approached John, who was frustrated by the feature experience, but the limited series can offer audiences a more immersive experience, where you spend eight hours with these characters rather than two hours.”
The story, about a teenage boy who enrolls at a new boarding school and falls for a girl named Alaska, only to have his world rocked by a tragedy, will be faithful to the book, but with less male gaze.
“We’re incredibly faithful to the material but we’ve also taken great efforts to go further and deeper,” Josh added. “For fans of the book, they will feel we’ve really honored the material. The book is really about the limited male gaze and we wanted to make sure that Alaska exists in her own right. The audience will have understanding of her character and she won’t exist only as a mystery, hopefully that will go some way to remedy that.”
Watch the first Looking for Alaska/em> teaser trailer here!
The cast of Looking For Alaska poses together at the Hulu 2019 Summer TCA Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday (July 26) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Looking for Alaska centers on “teenager Miles ‘Pudge’ Halter (Plummer), as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life.
He falls in love with Alaska Young (Froseth), and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his close friends attempt to make sense of what they’ve been through.”
Based on the John Green novel of the same name, the series is set to premiere on October 18th on Hulu.
Looking for Alaska centers on “teenager Miles ‘Pudge’ Halter (Charlie Plummer), as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young (Kristine Froseth), and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his close friends attempt to make sense of what they’ve been through.”
The acclaimed YA author stopped by BookCon 2019 to discuss Hulu’s highly-anticipated adaptation of his novel, Looking for Alaska, on Saturday (June 1) in New York City.
John was joined by the limited series’ stars, Kristine Froseth and Charlie Plummer, at the annual book lover’s event, which was held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
Looking for Alaska is coming to Hulu this October as an 8-episode limited series.
Like many of John’s books, Looking for Alaska tackles tough topics like death and grief. The story focuses on Miles “Pudge” Halter (played by Charlie), who falls in love with a girl named Alaska (played by Kristine) at his boarding school. When Alaska dies unexpectedly, Miles and his friends search for the truth behind her death and try to make sense of the tragedy.
Looking for Alaska premieres on Hulu on Friday, October 18th.
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Hulu’s upcoming series Looking for Alaska now has an official premiere date!
The network revealed on Saturday (June 1) that the all eight episodes of the show will premiere on October 18.
The limited series is based on the John Green novel of the same name.
It centers on “teenager Miles ‘Pudge’ Halter (Charlie Plummer), as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young (Kristine Froseth), and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his close friends attempt to make sense of what they’ve been through.”
“Day 1 tbt with the gang + kristine and charlie behind the camera lol 👨👩👧👦🎞 #lfa,” she captioned the pic.
If you don’t know, Landrywill star as Sara, The Colonel’s girlfriend in the upcoming Hulu series.
Looking for Alaska is told through the eyes of teenager Miles “Pudge” Halter (Plummer), as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with a girl, Alaska Young (Froseth), and after her unexpected death, he and his close friends attempt to uncover the truth behind her death and make sense of it.
“Love these fools already ❤️,” Jordan captioned the photo.
The Hulu series, based on the Looking for Alaska novel, is told through the eyes of teenager Miles “Pudge” Halter, as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life.
He falls in love with a girl, Alaska Young, and after her unexpected death, he and his close friends attempt to uncover the truth behind her death and make sense of it.
