--- description: John Green's first novel will get "The Fault In Our Stars" treatment, with actress and director Sarah Polley adapting it for the big screen title: John Green’s Looking for Alaska Will Be a Movie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee53b33efc36fa2c/6986995935ba6f989ec02c49/461200793.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # John Green's _Looking for Alaska_ Will Be a Movie by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2014 12:45 PM CUT  Actress Sarah Polley attends The Film Society of Lincoln Centers Film Comment Best Films of 2013 Luncheon presented by Jaeger-Lecoultre at The Lambs Club on January 7, 2014 in New York City. Actress Sarah Polley attends The Film Society of Lincoln Centers Film Comment Best Films of 2013 Luncheon presented by Jaeger-Lecoultre at The Lambs Club on January 7, 2014 in New York City.Neilson Barnard--2014 Getty Images by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2014 12:45 PM CUT For those aching to see more of John Green’s work on the big screen post-_The Fault In Our Stars_, we have good news: [Paramount](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sarah-polley-to-adapt-john-greens-looking-for-alaska-1201250786/ "undefined") has signed actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley to adapt Green’s first novel _Looking for Alaska_ into a movie. The book, which was published in 2005, centers on Miles, a young boy starting at a boarding school where he meets the beautiful and troubled Alaska Young, who captivates him along with most of the other boys at school. Unsurprisingly, considering this is a John Green story, there’s also a good deal of tragedy in _Alaska_. The news that _Looking for Alaska_ — which had been optioned for the big screen shortly after it was published, but had since stalled — is finally going to happen is likely as exciting for fans as it is for Green himself. The author tweeted the news early Thursday morning: He has good reason to be excited. Polley, who has won accolades as an actress, director and screenwriter, is a great choice to adapt _Looking for Alaska_. Her directorial debut was the much-praised 2006 film, _Away From Her_, which she actually adapted from the famous Alice Munro short story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain.” In addition to _Away From Her_, Polley has also directed 2011’s _Take This Waltz_ and 2012’s _Stories We Tell,_ a documentary about her own family history. _Looking For Alaska_ will mark the third Green book to move to the big screen, as _Paper Towns_, his 2008 novel, is also set to be adapted by the same producers and screenwriters who worked on _The Fault in Our Stars_. 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