Hulu has released the first trailer for their book-to-TV adaptation of John Green’s first and (arguably) most beloved novel, Looking For Alaska.

The Looking For Alaska trailer offers a few nice glimpses into the highly-anticipated TV series, and relies heavily on Green’s words. We shuffle through the core four — Miles (played by Charlie Plummer), Alaska (Kristine Froseth), The Colonel (Denny Love), and Takumi (Jay Lee) who give lines that are straight out of John Green’s novel. Just like a good Taylor Swift lyric video, the iconic words from the author appear embedded in the trailer’s scenes.

“Who’s up for some fun?” Alaska ominously warns at the end.

News from the Television Critics Association’s Summer Press Tour

Hypable attended the Looking For Alaska media event today at the Television Critics Association’s Summer Press Tour. Here’s what we learned from cast members Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, and creator Josh Schwartz.

The 8-episode limited series stars Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, Jordan Connor, Ron Cephas Jones, and Timothy Simons. Creator Josh Schwartz stressed the “limited” part of the description saying, “We’re doing the full book in eight episodes.”

Like John Green’s book, the new series centers around teenager Miles “Pudge” Halter, as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his close friends attempt to make sense of what they’ve been through.

The chance to expand on events in the book means that Schwartz — while looking to be faithful to the material — is also taking the time to expand on the story. “We’ve really tried to honor John’s work and the spirit of the book, but we’ve also taken great efforts to go deeper or further, wider, with the opportunity that you’re allowed with eight extra hours, that we can take scenes that are just hinted at or a backstory and make that story.”

Schwartz went on to say that he wanted to make sure Alaska is a character in her own right and exists as something outside of what the boys think of her. His goal was to avoid the “manic pixie dream girl” trope. “She won’t exist nearly as much as a mystery”, he explained.

Froseth, who plays Alaska added, “We really made sure that she felt like she was a human, that she was just a regular teenager, that she was going through all those mixed emotions and there were a lot of vulnerable moments that we added in that I really think helped show that.”

That additional time will not, however, shed more light on the ambiguous tragic event that occurs. “We will never know what happened that night”, Schwartz said, explaining that it’s something the characters have to grapple with as will the audience.

Like the book, Looking For Alaska will take place in 2005 which both keeps the story closer to the book and John Green’s original vision. “It’s like two years before the Smart Phone was invented. And so, and these characters have to go talk to each other and they have really — it’s hard to imagine some of the monologues, that you know Alaska would deliver via text. It just doesn’t seem like it would work the same way.”

What’s clear, based on what we heard at the panel, both Schwartz and his cast are passionate about Looking For Alaska and committed to bringing fans of the book a loving adaptation.

Looking For Alaska premieres October 18 on Hulu.