The Fault in Our Stars (2014) is a teen romance film about two teens, both who have different cancer conditions, fall in love after meeting at a cancer support group. Written by Scott Neustadter and Michel H. Webber and was an adaptation of John Green's book of the same title.
Budget: $12,000,000 - on opening it made $48,002,523
Director: John Boone
Box office: $304.2 million (worldwide)
Produced by: Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen
Released: 16th May at Seattle International Film Festival, 6th June in US, 19th June in UK
Certificate: 12A
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff
Shailene Woodley is an American actress who made her acting debut in the 1999 TV movie Replacing Dad and is know for her role as Amy Juergens in The Secret Life of the American Teenger (2008-2013), Tris in Divergent (2014) and Hazel in The Fault in Our Stars.
Ansel Elgort is an American actor, musician, producer, singer and DJ. Known for his role as Tommy Ross in Carrie (2013), Caleb Prior in Divergent (2014) and Augustus Waters from The Fault in Our Stars (2014); his first credited acting job was in Carrie (2013)
Nat Wolff is an American actor, musician, singer-songwriter, composer who is for his part in the Naked Brothers Boyband: The Movie (2005),which was also his acting debut, he is also known for being Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars.
The Fault in Our Stars already had a fan base that existed for the book. John Green's pre-existing popularity is evident in the fact that the novel reached the number one spot on the New York Times Best Sellers list selling over 10 million copies and having been translated into 46 different languages. This shows the sheer size of the fan base. The success of the film does not just rest on the size of the fan base, but also on it's dedication and passion. The so called 'nerdfighters' are an incredibly active and vocal fan base.
Marketing
The first trailer was released on January 29, 2014. The trailer had over three million views in fewer than 24 hours, and more than 15 million views in its first seven days. A video clip was shown before the show at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards on April 13, 2014.An extended trailer was released on April 28, 2014, and Fox released more clips via YouTube as part of the film's pre-release promotion. On April 2, 2014, the studio announced the launch of a promotional tour program named "Demand Our Stars", in which Green, Woodley, Elgort, and Wolff would visit the states that got most votes from fans re-blogging their states' map outlines. Four states won; the tour program started in Miami, Florida, on May 6, Cleveland, Ohio, on May 7, Nashville, Tennessee, on May 8, and ended in Dallas,Texas, on May 9.
Critics and reviews:
The film didn't need to rely on critics' reviews to get viewers to go to the cinema to watch this film due to the large following it already had due to the book and other John Green books as well as his YouTube subscribers and Tumblr followers.
The Guardian - The Fault in Our Stars
IMDb reviews - The Fault in Our Stars
The Independent review - The Fault in Our Stars
Awards
Hindi remake
On August 6, 2014, India's Fox Star Studios announced its intention to produce a remake of The Fault in Our Stars in Hindi. The studio's CEO, Vijay Singh, said the English version of the film, which was released in India in July 2014, had earned over $1 million there. On September 19, it was announced that Homi Adajania, the director of Finding Fanny(2014), and producer Dinesh Vijan would be working with Fox Star to develop the film, which will be co-produced by Vijan's company Maddock Films. On September 25, Deepika Padukone and Varun Dhawan were confirmed to be playing the lead roles.
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