“Transformers: Age of Extinction” star Nicola Peltz and “Mad Max: Fury Road” actress Courtney Eaton are testing for the coveted title role in Paramount’s adaptation of John Green’s “Looking for Alaska,” while John D’Leo (“Unbroken”) and Logan Miller are being eyed to play Colonel in the film, TheWrap has learned.
Peltz and Eaton join “The Witch” breakout Anya Taylor-Joy and model Imogen Waterhouse (“The Last Photograph”) on the shortlist to play mysterious boarding school student Alaska Young, who beguiles a new classmate names Miles.
Spider-Man finalist and former “Red Band Society” star Charlie Rowe and up-and-comer Mitchell Hope (Disney Channel’s “Descendants”) are the top contenders to play Miles.