The Teaser Trailer For Hulu's Looking For Alaska Series Will Have John Green Fans Excited
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The minds that brought our adolescent guilty pleasures to life on shows like The O.C. and Gossip Girl are blessing us with another addictive TV show. Producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have adapted John Green's bestselling young-adult novel Looking For Alaska into an eight-episode limited series set to air on Hulu.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show is being produced by Paramount TV and Fake Empire, the production company of The O.C.'s Schwartz and Gossip Girl's Savage. This is the second project that Schwartz and Savage will produce for Hulu, the first being Marvel's The Runaways. Keep reading to see what we've learned about the upcoming series so far, including the cast, first-look photos, premiere date, and more!
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What Is Looking For Alaska About?
Like the book, the eight-episode series will follow Miles "Pudge" Halter, a bored teen who is forever searching for a great adventure and finds it when he starts attending Culver Creek Boarding School. He meets and falls head over heels for his mysterious neighbor, Alaska Young, who steals his heart and leads him into a world of crazy. After she unexpectedly dies, he and his close friends attempt to uncover the truth behind her death and make sense of it.
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Who Stars in Looking For Alaska?
Back on Oct. 30, Green took to Instagram to announce that Netflix's Sierra Burgess Is a Loser star Kristine Froseth will play Alaska, alongside Charlie Plummer (Lean on Pete) who will take on Miles.
A few months later, Hulu shared a press release announcing the rest of cast: Empire's Denny Love as The Colonel, American Vandal's Jay Lee as Takumi, Landry Bender from Fuller House as Sara, Supergirl's Sofia Vassilieva as Lara, Uriah Shelton from 13 Reasons Why as Longwell, and Riverdale's Sweet Pea, Jordan Connor, as Kevin. Further cast additions include Timothy Simons as The Eagle and Ron Cephas Jones as history of religion teacher, Dr. Hyde!
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When Does Looking For Alaska Premiere?
The new episodes drop on Hulu on Oct. 18.
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First-Look Photos
Read ahead to see all the photos from Looking For Alaska that Hulu has released thus far!
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The First Teaser Trailer
See the stars in action in the first teaser trailer.