Turtles all the way downthe new movie he stars in Ginny & Georgia's Felix Mallard will be going to Max later this year.
The film, an adaptation of John Green's 2017 novel of the same name, follows Aza Holmes (Transformers Starring Isabela Merced), a teenager with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who reconnects with her childhood friend Davis (Mallard) as they search for a missing billionaire.
The film currently has no release date, but Green announced it Instagram that the project had been acquired by Max, writing: “BIG NEWS about the Turtles all the way down film. It happens. @streamonmax”.
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The post was accompanied by a video clip, with the author saying: “A while back, I wrote this book Turtles all the way down. By the way, this is my parents' copy – look, it's so sweet. So many sections stuck.
“And then a bunch of good people got together and made a movie, which was an amazing experience, but you never know if a movie is going to come out. Turtles all the way down The film will be released this year, later this year, on Max!
“Not only did I find out that it's coming out, which is a huge relief, I also found out that I can go to the SCAD TV Festival in Atlanta and talk about it and maybe even show people snippets of the movie. Well yes, Turtles all the way down coming to your TVs later this year.”
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The author, whose novel The fault in our stars has also adapted, he ended the video by referring to director Hannah Marks, revealing that the pair would be sharing a panel together at the aforementioned festival.
In addition to Merced and Mallard, the film's cast includes Cree Cicchino, Judy Reyes, Maliq Johnson, J. Smith-Cameron and Poorna Jagannathan. Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker wrote the screenplay, with Marks also appearing in the film.
Turtles all the way down will air on Max in 2024.
Journalist, Digital Spy George is a freelance writer specializing in film and television. After graduating with a degree in Film Studies and Journalism from De Montfort University, where he analyzed Richard Linklater's early works for his thesis, he wrote for several websites for GRV Media. His movie tastes vary from blockbusters like Mission impossible and John Wick to international directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and has attended both the London and Berlin film festivals.
