'Fault in Our Stars' writer John Green says he is 'unambiguously excited' about the movie adaptation
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Author John Green recently shared his enthusiasm for the film adaptation of his novel 鈥淭he Fault in Our Stars.鈥
The movie stars 鈥淭he Spectacular Now鈥 actress Shailene Woodley and 鈥淒ivergent鈥 actor Ansel Elgort as Hazel and Augustus, two teenagers who meet at a group for young cancer patients. Woodley is also starring in 鈥淒ivergent,鈥 an adaptation of Veronica Roth鈥檚 popular dystopian young adult novel, with Elgort. Josh Boone is directing the film.
鈥淚鈥檓 totally, unambiguously excited about 'The Fault in Our Stars' being a movie,鈥 Green told . 鈥淚t鈥檚 not something I could have ever said before, about my other books, and the reason I鈥檓 so excited is that Shailene and Ansel are so great and Josh Bloom is such a great director. They鈥檝e included me in every facet of the process.鈥
鈥淪tars鈥 was critically acclaimed upon its release in 2012 and was named the best fiction book of 2012 by and was selected as an editor鈥檚 choice by the . The book is still at number one on the Young Adult bestseller list.