Fox to make John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down into a film
20th Century Fox is set to turn John Green’s novel Turtles All the Way Down into a feature film, according to Variety. Green is the author of the novel The Fault in Our Stars, which was turned into a 2014 feature film starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, that took in $307.2 in the worldwide box office. They also turned Green’s novel Paper Towns into a film which made $85.5 million.
Turtles All the Way Down is the story of a 16-year-old girl named Aza with obsessive compulsive disorder. She’s trying to solve the mystery of a fugitive billionaire with her friend Daisy to nab the $100,000 reward. The film will be overseen by Temple Hill, which oversaw The Fault in Our Stars, with Isaac Klausner and Marty Bowen. Green will executive produce the film with Rosianna Halse Rojas. Fox 2000 has the project with Erin Siminoff and Molly Saffron.
Here is the Amazon description for the novel: “Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.”
Are you guys interested in a film version of John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down? Did you like The Fault in Our Stars? Who would you like to see play Aza and Daisy in the film? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
