John Green Paper Towns Movie: It Model Cara De Levingne Land Lead Role In Movie Version Of Bestselling Novel By 'Fault In Our Stars' Author; Plus Watch The Book Trailer Here!

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After the success of the movie The Fault In Our Stars, with actors Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort turning in breakout performances, the next movie adaption of the author's next book is bound to cause a stir. John Green's Paper Towns movie version just got a big boost today with the announcement on who got cast as the female lead.

Supermodel Cara Delevingne reportedly took everyone by surprise and landed her the lead role in the upcoming film adaptation of the bestselling novel. John Green himself confirmed this exciting news on Twitter, saying: "Cara Delevingne's audition blew everyone away (including me!) and she understands Margo profoundly. I am so excited!"

De Levingne is turning out to be the newest "It" girl, following a successful modeling career, which she is now beefing up with serious acting projects. Cara herself was over the moon at the fact that she will be playing the lead role in the John Green Paper Towns movie version. The 22 year old expressed her excitement on Twitter saying, "Thank you so much guys!! I am so excited! Ahhhh!"

In case you haven't read the book and are wondering what all the fuss is about, the official synopsis of the novel, Paper Towns reads like this:

"Quentin Jacobsen has spent lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into hi life -- dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge -- follows. After their all-nighter ends, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues -- and they are for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Q gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew."

It has also been confirmed that Nat Wolff (The Fault In Our Stars) will co-star as Quentin. Stay tuned for further news on John Green Paper Towns movie, but in the meantime, watch the book trailer here:

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