Dec. 10: MY BOOK IS GONNA BE A MOVIE!!! (someday)

[ellievlogs]

Or not.

[mthsbandrocks]

And five years later... there are no movies.

[Ultramoose]

What is the status on the possibility of an AAOK movie?

[miekka968]

I don't want to sound shallow and materialistic or anything similar, but is John rich? He does write pretty popular books and his book is being made into a movie so he'd get money from that (I think).

[zeeroasian]

I bought An Abundance of Katherines today and inside of it was a note that said "Dear reader, Enjoy this scrumptious read, and don't forget to be awesome! Remember that it is your honorary mission to fight world suck and pwn n00bs. Yours truly, a nerdfighter (youtube/vlogbrothers)

[dftbawolf]

now its an 11 year old girl at a justen bieber concert. and i cant spell oh well he dsnt deveser proper spelling

[iamacatspy]

@dftbawolf Or a thirteen year old girl at a Hank Green concert.

[dftbawolf]

@iamacatspy oh that would be amazing to see hank in concert. i wish i could

[iamacatspy]

@dftbawolf Yeah, me too. Yesterday I was daydreaming about the Tour de Nerdfighting coming to my school :) Living in dreamland is fun...

[dftbawolf]

@iamacatspy oh yes it is! but sometimes its down right weird

[iamacatspy]

@dftbawolf Lol, yeah :D

[dftbawolf]

Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.

[stellabystarlight38]

Still waiting...

[SomeoneBeginingWithI]

did that movie ever actually happen? I want to go see it :)

[silverfisheyelashes]

@SomeoneBeginingWithI Not yet :(

[ChelsieOliviaa]

This was my 14th birthday. Woot. xD

[DyingPickle]

This was made about 3 years ago! This is the first that I hear about too. Is it still gonna happen or does it really take that long?:0

[GoodNightMoon19511]

@DyingPickle They say Looking for Alaska will be released in about 2013!

[blueisasomedancer]

I am very excited because I'm doing a book report on An Abundence of Katherines. And people were confused that I was excited by this.

[dannerzme]

it sux that the movies won't be made and yet the companies still own the screenplay writing deals.

[FairyBugStudios]

Can't wait to see both movies! You can count on both myself and my husband to go see both!

[OMGawshItsMaya]

WHEN WILL THESE BE MADE INTO MOVIES? The cast should be entirely composed of nerdfighters.

[Redemogirlsix]

Did the movie get made/ being made???

[bkksugarsyrup]

i gonnna think what is your books...i wanna read

[freezie656]

Any word on the book-to-movie stuff?

[MsPurpleMusic]

Katherines is my favourite :)

[daniyellowjello]

sphincter teeheehee

[JuutzBiiest]

I loved the book soo much :)

[TriiangleJellyfiish]

where are they!!!

[GONEmypurpleflapjack]

HAssan would also say" And thunderstick needs some action"

[dumbledorerox98]

John, it's been four years. WHERE ARE YOUR MOVIES?!?!?

[ellyfantlove10]

when is it gonna happen

[omggabypwnzyou]

Man, I can't understand how anyone could not like those glasses. They make your cheek bones stand out and look generally AMAZING.

[I4gotmyMANTRA]

John is a fangirl. And its amazing.

[MsGetacar]

He referenced Hassan from his book. :)

[OrangeCowProduction]

I'm excited and not excited. Excited because Looking for Alaska is amazing and will be an amazing movie. Not excited because Darren Shan would have been an amazing film, but instead it failed. Film makers can either make an awesome film into an awesome film - Harry potter (hatersgonhate) or make it into a fail and change everything and fail at fail and fail like the Sage of Darren Shan films. Please please dont let them change it and make it suck. PLEASE! Love, anxious nerdfighter.

[RSNGTwo]

On John Green's wiki, it says that Looking for Alaska is almost indefinitely shelved D:

This sucks.

[arsenalo14]

an abundance of Katherines would be an AWESOME movie...

[ohemgnaria]

an abundance of katherines was my favorite :)

[SamxRxI]

John, for both movies, would you potentially need a 15 year old, made-of-awesome, nerdfighting actress? Cuz by the time these enter production, I'll probably be old enough to play some of the characters.

[chriscobonham]

Ha, Jonas Brothers...

[sanji1802]

haha we know yeti's name now!

[dolphin64575]

He was measuring The Puff XD

[foxbangerr]

katherines is no longer happening according to john's tumblr :(

[singlexfilexisxlove]

NO HE DOESN'T, HE'S FULL OF IT. HA

[rothchild0007]

it's 2011 :(

[zombiemeowk]

I bought An abundance of Katherines and Will Grayson Will Grayson... I began with the latter and have sadly finished neither yet..... I had an ephany 30 seconds ago though.... Hank and Katherine ... An abundance of Katherines... Any connection?

[AustralianNetNews]

@zombiemeowk if you read the author q and a at the end of katherines you can read that he had been dumped like 50 times, although it depends on your definition of dump. lol

[singlexfilexisxlove]

i wonder if this is still maybe going to happen ? Because that would be awesome. Katherines is incredible!

[FurryVegetables]

His eyebrows raise with the pitch of his voice :)

[raeilyg]

"As Hassan would say, 'Daddy wants to make a movie.'" Ahahahahah

[sarasmile220]

thought about getting into acting???

[nellytheninkynonk]

GLASSES.

[kaylaissocoollike]

John. We're still waiting for that movie.

[Friends4LIfe121995]

whats john working on currently (2011)?

[spursrock2121]

@Friends4LIfe121995 He's working on a new book about this girl named Hazel who has cancer and meets this boy and it's gonna be AMAZING

[obsessed327]

@FruitLoopErika yeah, that pretty much sums up my life xD

[FruitLoopErika]

@vlogbrothers

Oh, and by the way, if they bring back any show, it should be Freaks and Geeks. They only did one season..*sniffle*

[FruitLoopErika]

"...like an 11 year-old girl at a Jonas Brothers concert.."

Or a 13 year-old girl when she sees a new Vlogbrothers, Charlieissocoollike, Nerimon, or Hexachordal video...Yep

[3FigsInAPapayaTree]

@FruitLoopErika That desCribes Me exaCtly. I Must say. :)

[sarahcupcake12]

@FruitLoopErika That my friend, is so true.

[muffincheesepie]

@FruitLoopErika i nerdfighter like you, btw im 12

[iSeaSweeneyTodd]

You must have been pretty freaking excited 'cause you blinked 6 times over a span of about 7 seconds.

[more2debra]

Well done. Feel free to post your vid to my book vid.

[EmoYaoiFangirl]

I wish my copy had that cover TT^TT

[ProfessorAlaska]

Oh great, now we get to see the mediocre movie for a mediocre book.

I've tried to get into John Green, but I just can't.

[IDontLoveJessica]

do any other nerdfighters just get a huge sense of happiness and peace when hearing that opening music after watching all of the newer videos?

[TheStylishNerd]

Hey so i aspire to be an human compilation of author (john), music paradoy man (hank, rhett, link) and a man of total awesome (wheezy).

[xDONTPANICx]

Psh, Jonas Brothers? Its all about the Biebs now.

Lol over how quick teenage girls move on :D

[timelordcreation]

looking for Alaska movie 2013 I love IMDb

[Evilsquirrelie]

I want to watch these soooo much @__________@

[xnikkilockheartx]

still happening john? 

[spidermanandsnape]

I sound like that as a 15 year old girl when I watch Bleach.

[MagicLlama1899]

Looking for alaska is supposed to be comming out in 2013... I CANT WAIT THAT LONG!

[Exayevie]

Despite the fact that I find it AWESOME there is going to be a nerdfighter movie, the primary reason I liked this video was because with my "like" it now has exactly one "like" for every year since year zero. Yay ^_^

[sandinikt]

Remember when you go to your youtube page and there wasn't an advertisement at the top of the page?

Remember when music videos were uploaded by users and not VEVO

Remember when there wasn't advertisements that never go away?

Remember you couldn't have a limit to favorites?

Remember the famous yellow subscribe button?

WE MISS THE OLD YOUTUBE!

Post this in every video and lets start a youtube riot!

Originally made by GlassPaperBag

Thumbs up to keep it at the top!

[greatauntprune]

For some reason John seems more nerdy here

[christhenotlamm]

aaaaaa old vlog bros

[A1ofAkindChick]

*sigh* back to the days when someone fangirls for the Jonas Brothers and not Justin Bieber. As much as I don't like the Jonas Brothers, I miss those days.

[MyHallelujah]

Goodness, I want a Looking For Alaska film...

[ZashaLeeVideos]

John, when are you casting for this & where do you plan to shoot it, I am an actor well, I used to be n actor after the strikes and what not I stopped but I'm trying to start my career again & I am a bit young but If I happen to work for anyone you 're looking for I would be honored..... Wow pointless comment....

[ZashaLeeVideos]

@ZashaLeeVideos Lol I just read the below comment, >.< you should come to Canada (very much so) & I really hope things turn around...

[FreaksOnUrScreen]

IM GOING TO GO INSANE IF LOOKING FOR ALASKA ISN'T A MOVIE SOON! I'm the motherfucking fox! No one can catch the motherfucking fox! Takumi is amazing!

[SymphoniaFan101]

@FreaksOnUrScreen Actually, on wikipedia, they said that Paramount decided to be a douche and cancelled it. T-T

[PotCallsKettleBlack]

I was looking for the release date of this and Looking for Alaska on imdb, and I was like "I'll just search John Green, and he'll come up as a writer". Turns out, theres an actor named John Green who starred in "the world of sexual fantasies"..... What have you been up to?

[ChrisO7300]

daddy wants to make a movie ;)

[blackzabbathfan]

were you inspired to call your book an abundance of katherines by the name of hank's wife

[ArentWeInAPickle]

@blackzabbathfan Actually, I think he dated a Katherine once (and was dumped by her). That, and he got dumped, like, 53 times. So voila, inspiration time.

[blackzabbathfan]

@ArentWeInAPickle oh

[hermionethesmartical]

haha... :) the Yeti's real name is Sara(h)

[gereatriczing]

when you do fangirl voice you sound like hank O.o

[LMNOP1214]

he named hassan and lindsey but not colin. am i the only one that finds that at least a little funny?

[blackzabbathfan]

how many of your readers are not nerdfighters

[3elmolover77]

D: LOOKING FOR ALASKA IS GONNA BE A MOVIE!?!?!?!?!?! OMG.! I.CANNOT.WAIT. PUHLEASE MAKESURE ITS NOT SUCKISH.!

[maddyp52095]

Dude, I'm almost finished with my screen play... hahahaha

[EmmaLuffsYou]

and then hank green... i dont know what im doing wrong...

[EmmaLuffsYou]

and then the journalist Sarah Green

[EmmaLuffsYou]

I was using the 20Q thing and when I was going for John Green, it ended up saying Shawn Green, the baseball player :P

[DietingElephant]

All I ask for in life is for these movies to come out, and I can die happily.

[silverstream376]

that was an amazing chant.

[geeksrchic1368]

YES!!!! I WAS SERIOUSLY JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES AND LOOKING FOR ALASKA SHOULD BE MOVIES AND WIN ALL THE OSCARS!!!

[forest42080]

I don't read much..but I'm seriously considering it

[SuperSierraful]

You can just tell those WGA people to fug off. (:

[KittieGirl13]

Ummmm I WANT MOVIEEE

[NotJaredT]

I see nothing on your nose...

[kiasuten]

IMDB estimates Looking for Alaska will be out in 2013.  An Abundance of Katherine's doesn't bring anything up.

Can't wait...

[theyazzyblues]

love the Beowulf example, lol!

[elllllectro]

who came here from antimoon? do you think that their English is A LITTLE unnatural? if you do send me a message here

[mypantsareTIGHTER]

(: "brothers on a hotel bed"

gah, i hate comments that have nothing to do with the content. i'm a hypocrite. :/

but unfortunately my computer refuses to load this video past 13 seconds, so...

[CushionProductions]

I'm not quite sure how much longer I can wait for "Looking For Alaska" to be a movie... Seriously...

[TinyRedUmbrellas]

just sayin', the last couple pages of looking for alaska got me over my gramma's death. so thanks. a lot.

[pepsicola1295]

...And nearly three years later, Alaska is still in development. xD Can't wait for both movies, although I should probably read Katherines first. :)

[XxaleyixX]

@pepsicola1295

apparently Alaska has be postponed indefinitely, so probably never :( but hopefully oneday eventually.

[NinjTwo]

@pepsicola1295 IMDB says 2013, I CAN'T WAIT!!!1 DFTBA!

[pepsicola1295]

@pepsicola1295 Aaaand three months after this comment, I've just finished reading Katherines! :D

[SDMFbroly]

@pepsicola1295 apparently both movies have been scrapped :(

[missmiamear]

ah, i just finished looking for alaska. it reallly did change my life. i want to be like a hurricane, not a drizzle.

[walnutsrcool]

sooo um hey john, just thought i would ask how this whole movie thing was goin

[wherdidthecolourgo]

was that intro a snippet of Brothers on a Hotel Bed?

[jimmey303]

Looking for Alaska needs to come out as a movie!!!! It was such a good book and i think the movie would be awsome to!!!!

[ashtonkutcherfan09]

I Always Thought it was (Hanss-ion) lol i was wrong

[bethliksaplejuce]

i love that book! its awesome to know the author maked regular vlogs=)

[MrSnoozable]

Can someone tell me why his videos are always in a letter format to someone named hank and sometimes John??????

[JkRoxxx]

@MrSnoozable they are two brothers (Hank and John) and they are vlogging to each other, so thats why it's in letter format...

[TheSpeediestsnail]

I am writing a book how do i publish it?

[TehBonar]

Daddy wants to see a movie that doesn't suck, and Looking For Alaska and An Abundance Of Katherines DID NOT SUCK :D

[IamSplishSplashStyle]

That guy sounds really excited! I know this because he sounds like an eleven year old girl at a Jonas Brother concert! ahahahah <3

[mylantawelty]

i know one of the people behind american gladiators...

they are paying for my college and im not related to them (see its not so bad)

[HighKingofIndiana]

God, this book would be an awesome movie...

[cibomatto47]

Was it a coincidence that Katharine's name was used or did you use that name because your brother is married to a Katherine?

[Ghotitheconquerer]

Hey, he blinked

[pepperonniepizza]

this is like...the third empty "my book is gonna be a movie!" promise i've heard from john. (others LfA and Paper Towns)

[aura723]

Are all Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns all optioned right now, or are any of them not-optioned-anymore, or are they still maybe-going-to-be-movies-possi­bly-someday?

[AemohXEscuro]

@aura723 They will be, just in about...two-three more years? For Looking for Alaska, the wikipedia said they'd release it in 2013.

[ilovemymagentatiger]

Stupid writers strike... I'm still upset by it, and it was three years ago. Movie and TV moguls can go live on a hill! DX<

[darkphantom269]

I don't mean to take away from the exciting new, 2007 John, it's 2010 and stil no movie! care to share?

[mjasper93]

@darkphantom269 I would like to hear a follow up on this too. 

[kperkins737]

@darkphantom269 Movies often take a REALLY long time to be developed. They need to find funding, then write it, then cast it, then film it, then edit it, then promote it, etc.

[LittleBeeBistro]

@darkphantom269 the title says (someday)

[VeggetableMonster]

I named my Animal Crossing town "Sitzpink" after i read your book :)

The animals in my town don't know that their town sits in pee, literally.

[Jeffron11]

How exciting a movie i just hope there's no haters like twilight good luck

[raggamuffins13]

BLINK, GOD DAMMIT MAN, BLINK!!!!!!!!!!

[Narglesonamistletoe]

0:45. That's an insult, John. That's just cruel.

[Narglesonamistletoe]

@Narglesonamistletoe well, more 0:45 to 0:50.

[sunshinespace]

oh man ever scene I read looking for Alaska I've wanted to play her in the film version. I have a thing for tortured soul kind of characters. I've also always wanted to play Ophelia in Hamlet. that's right, im comparing Alaska to Ophelia.

[ferngirltlc]

It must be so awesome to find out that your book's gonna be a movie! And that you can help make that movie! Hope it goes well!

[hippyfriend]

I snorted very attractively at the Beowulf joke

[M00k64]

Three of his books are going to be made into movies...hopefully, one day, eventually.

[bridgesnpeanutbutter]

@shortbreaths I don't know if you ever found out, but it's "Brothers on a Hotel Bed" by Death Cab for Cutie. :)

[LurverOfTehAnime]

Whatever happened to the movies?

[notyouraveragething]

@LurverOfTehAnime Like he said it takes a long time. Also they might be starting to make one of his books a movie right now but he can't tell us. You never know

[LurverOfTehAnime]

@shortbreaths

It's a Death Cab For Cutie song...I don't remember which one.

[herbluekaleidoscope]

okay well your amazing and i cant believe this awesomeepicmadness and i REALLY hope "Looking for Alaska" comes soon because that has been my favorite book for a while ^.^



[kateekay95]

oh my god! the jonas brothers! oh my god!

hahaha :P

[reeft]

I would so like to direct this.

[ScienceMusicLove]

I just finished listening to the audiobook of this and, Oh my God, it was such a good book!!! Just like Looking for Alaska, and I can't wait until they are both made into movies!!!!!

[juhesihcaaa]

My 5'0 mom adds her hair to her height too John.

[roxorgirl13]

My name is Katherine. Make a movie about me, okaythanksBYE.

[banc53]

Looking For Alaska should be made into a movie

[yamercado2]

hopefullyonedayeventually.

[bittersweet913]

wait. the Yeti's name is Sarah?

[awesomesaucealicious]

@bittersweet913 yes, the yeti is sarah :)

[newpepsipopup]

An abundance of Katherines would be a good movie, but Looking for Alaska would be my favourite movie ever.

[quintis151]

"I know because he sounds like an 11 year old girl at a Jonas Brother's concert."

or like a 20 year old girl at VidCon. #myfangirlshame

[PolishGirlPride]

Hey John!! I'm really excited for the movie! My friends and I read your book and we are really phyched!!

***btw I borrowed your book from my public library (you were there to speak and I was on vacation, so anyway, totally off topic) but I forgot to return it on time and it was a month late... I got fined....

[Rainwhisperwarrior]

hi john! i just wanted to let you know that I'm an 11 year old girl but me and my friends hate the jonas brothers ;D

[QueenBoadicea]

Is this one of the books that was created during Nanowrimo? If so, I would have appreciated hearing that mentioned in the video.

[neverendingsadness]

omgomgomg!!!

JOHN GREEN!

wow...

I can't believe my hero/one of fav writers has starfish shaped hair

Oh My God

an abundance of katherines is like the ultimate nerd romance + coordinate geometry, nothing gets better than that

still in the deepest shock EVER

that you are THE john green

this made my exam ridden week :D

(thought you'd be more calm and quiet and more of a thinker than a blabber, but your reconfirmed identity is a hell lot nerdier!! je l'adore!!<3)

[iLIKEeats]

Yes!

[WriterSelbe]

I have a friend named Kathrine. Her mom spelled her name wrong on the birth certificate. Heh heh heh heh heh...

[awatchfinder]

omg Beowulf...lol

[sweitzman5]

WHERE ARE YOUR MOVIES?!?! i mean hopefullyonedayeventually is always in effect, but still...

[cahrahmelah]

this book has to be a move

[cgalla0307]

yeah death cab i love brothers on a hotel bed good video john as always

[shmoofoobean44]

lol this is old, but still very funny!

the fan girl excited voice is cute!!

[paperboyproductions]

An Abundance of Katherines was great! i cant wait to see it!!!