Another John Green novel headed to big screen

After the film adaptation of John Green's "The Fault in Our Stars" arrives in theaters on June 6, the Indianapolis author won't suffer withdrawal from moviemaking.

Entertainment website Deadline.com reports that another Green novel, 2008's "Paper Towns," will be made into a film.

While Green's role in "The Fault in Our Stars" film is limited to a "based on the best-selling novel" credit line, the 36-year-old will serve as an executive producer for the "Paper Towns" adaptation. Green wrote a "Paper Towns" screenplay for production company Mr. Mudd in 2009, but the project didn't make it to the big screen.

According to Deadline.com, the new crack at "Paper Towns" includes many elements of "The Fault in Our Stars" team: the studio (Fox 2000), producers (Temple Hill's Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen), screenwriters (Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber) and actor Nat Wolff.

Wolff will portray "Paper Towns" lead character Quentin Jacobsen. Wolff has a supporting role in "The Fault in Our Stars."

Green, also known for his "Vlogbrothers" YouTube posts with his brother, Hank Green, talked to The Star in 2009 about readers attaching his voice and its cadence to his novels:

"I get emails all the time from kids who say, 'When I read "Paper Towns," it feels like you're reading it to me.' It's weird," Green said. "I've struggled with that whole question: What is the appropriate relationship between author and reader? (J.D.) Salinger famously co-dedicated one of his books to the reader who reads and runs. I think I respectfully disagree. I like being able to talk to readers about my work. I see it all as trying to be part of a conversation with them that's serious, that's respectful, takes them seriously and then asks them to read critically."

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