Reporting by Josh Horowitz

As popular as “The Fault In Our Stars” is, one must admit that a love story starring two cancer-ridden teens doesn’t sound like the cheeriest of films. The ever-chipper Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who star in the movie as Hazel Grace and Gus, a star-crossed and cancer-diagnosed duo, recognize that.

On a visit to the film’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, set earlier this year, Woodley told MTV News’ Josh Horowitz that she had a strategy for pitching the movie to audiences.

“I say it’s a cancer movie that’s not about cancer,” Woodley noted. “It’s a love story about two kids with cancer but it’s not about cancer.”

To find out how Woodley and Elgort feel about making John Green, the author of the young adult novel the movie’s script was adapted from, cry, and to hear about the stolen kisses the pair have shared, check out the clip above.

“The Fault In Our Stars” opens in theaters on June 6.

Kase Wickman

Sorry, May the Fourth, you’ll have to find some other nerdy claim to fame. Disney dropped a surprise cast list for “Star Wars: Episode VII” this afternoon (April 29), including some surprising choices.

We assume that cast members Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker, whose return was announced alongside the new additions, will reprise their original roles. (But then again, you know what they say about assuming.)

Them aside, here’s our guide to the new additions to the announced “Star Wars: Episode VII” cast, their distinctive skills and our best guesses as to who they might be playing in the movie:

John Boyega

What You Know Him From: Moses in “Attack the Block”
Special Skills: Prior alien-fighting experience
What He Might Be Playing: No idea! There were early reports that Abrams was looking for a male and female in their twenties, a description Boyega would fit. If he’s the male half of the duo, who’s his counterpart?

Daisy Ridley

What You Know Her From: You don’t. Ridley is a fresh face on the scene, with just a few non-recurring TV and short film credits to her name.
Special Skills: Unknown.
What She Might Be Playing: Could Ridley be playing the part that Lupita Nyong’o was up for? It was reported that the actress met with Abrams to play a descendant of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Or, perhaps she’s playing the other half of the young male/female duo ...

Can we talk for a second about how great the Hulk is? He’s green, he’s big, he’s mild-mannered (when not big and green), he’s played by Mark Ruffalo, so we instinctively trust him and feel an overwhelming urge to give him a hug. Pretty great!

You know what’s even greater? When the Hulk (in human form, natch, big green fingers make typing exponentially harder) shows some internet love to his bromantic interests. Last week, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” co-star Robert Downey, Jr. was on the receiving end of a Twitter PDA, and this time, a bad boy is getting some love.

What’s up, Loki, a.k.a. Tom Hiddleston, a.k.a. Ruffalo’s latest Twitter love target.

Though Hiddleston’s character antagonized Ruffalo’s in “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Ruffalo admitted to a fan that he missed the actor.

And guess what? Hiddleston misses him too! He even threw in a topical “Avengers” joke to tie it all together. D’awww.

Never one to miss the last word, Ruffalo responded with his own pun. Get it? Smash. Hulk. Har.

So there you have it. Close your Twitter tab, nothing better is going to happen there today.

Kase Wickman

It’s a universally accepted truth that everyone just loves Paul Rudd. We can accept that, right? The same goes for Amy Poehler. The duo are basically comedy and America and the universe’s Mr. and Miss Congeniality. They’re like the student body president who’s good looking and really popular and funny, but you can’t resent them for having everything seemingly coming so effortlessly to them because they’re just so darn nice, right? Right.

So the news that the duo are co-starring in a new satirical take on the romantic comedy genre, “They Came Together,” was more than welcome. Oh, and David Wain, who worked with Poehler and Rudd in the amazing “Wet Hot American Summer” is directing? All the effing better for us to bask in the greatness of the trailer for “They Came Together.”

Wait, Ed Helms, Cobie Smulders, Martin Starr, Michael Shannon, Ellie Kemper, Bill Hader and Max Greenfield are all in this too? And even more of our favorite comedic actors? Adam Scott, who let you in here?

No, shut up, you’re crying tears of anticipatory joy and setting the countdown app on your phone for June 27. You are.

Just remember one thing: It’s not their fault they’re so perfect. It’s just not.

“They Came Together” hits theaters and on-demand June 27.

Kase Wickman

We’re not quite ready to let “How I Met Your Mother” go, and neither, it seems, is cast member Alyson Hannigan.

Speaking to TVLine, Hannigan, who played core character Lily over the show’s nine seasons, said there was one scene in particular cut from the finale that she thinks viewers would have loved: Ted’s wife’s funeral.

She described it as a “one-second montage” that would have allowed audiences to mourn the mother along with Ted, and to see that the character had gotten some closure. The more complete cut, Hannigan said, was sadder but more satisfying than the finale that aired.

“Honestly, if you saw [that] cut, it would be even more heart-wrenching than what the finale was,” Hannigan said. “They were like, ‘No. It’s just too gut-wrenching.’ And I was like, ‘That’s what I want. I want my heart ripped out and slammed on the floor and, like, stomped on!’”

Indeed, “stomped” is certainly an adjective that could have been used for the finale that aired last month, funeral or no funeral.

Perhaps the cut scene will be included on the upcoming DVD release of the show’s final season. Co-creator Carter Bays has teased that several deleted scenes will be available on the home release of the show.

What do you think? Would you have preferred to see the mother’s funeral? Were you happy with the finale of “How I Met Your Mother”?

Kase Wickman

Hey, “The Fault In Our Stars” fans: Are you gasping to know just whose fault it is and in exactly which stars? Most of you will have to wait until the movie is released on June 6 to find out, but star Shailene Woodley is offering some fans the chance to get in on the action weeks early.

Want to go to a special screening of the movie on May 11 at the Fox lot in Los Angeles? Listen up.

All you have to do is buy a copy — signed or unsigned — of the movie tie-in edition of the book from the All It Takes website. Proceeds from the sales will benefit All It Takes, the charitable organization Woodley founded with her mother, Lori Woodley, in 2010. All It Takes promotes youth leadership and empowerment within the community.

Not only will those who purchase a book — copies signed by author John Green are going for $150, while unsigned copies are up for a mere $75 — get to see the movie early, they’ll also get to meet author Green and Woodley. Start freaking out…now.

This news isn’t the only thing we have to be psyched about today. A brand spankin’ new trailer for “Fault” hit the web today, and the extended clip is 85 percent guaranteed to make you cry 100 percent of the time. It’s OK, we’re not judging you. Tears are only natural.

“The Fault In Our Stars” hits theaters June 6. Ansel Elgort stars alongside Shailene Woodley.

Read More →

As the old maxim goes, behind every great man, there’s a woman. In the case of the just-announced “Justice League” movie, however, it would seem that a movie about the group’s woman is far, far behind the men.

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Warner Bros. is actively developing movies based on the comics “Shazam,” “Metal Men,” “Fables” and “100 Bullets,” but worldwide marketing president Sue Kroll wouldn’t venture a comment on the possibility of a Wonder Woman movie stronger than that it “could be viable.”

So, loyal audiences, get ready to see that long-awaited “Fables” movie before we see the Amazonian princess and her invisible jet take center stage. Er, screen.

Wonder Woman will appear in the upcoming untitled “Batman Vs. Superman” movie, as portrayed by Gal Gadot, best known for her role in “Fast & Furious 6″ and “Fast Five.” Gadot could make her big break in the May 2016 release, but the fact that mega-famous Ben Affleck was cast as franchise centerpiece Batman, while we were left asking “Who?” and “Is Gal really a name?” after Gadot’s casting was announced, is not the greatest of omens for a solo flick.

After several failed attempts (we’re still fond of Adrianne Palicki swinging the lasso, R.I.P. that NBC pilot), there are still hankerings for a Wonder Woman solo outing. Even one of the Avengers has publicly called for action.

Anthony Mackie, who plays The Falcon in Marvel’s “Avengers” franchise, recently remarked that the world of superhero movies needed a little more XX, specifically ...

Reporting by Josh Horowitz

They say that all good things must come to an end, and the box office busting “The Hunger Games” franchise is no exception.

Sam Claflin, who joined the all-star cast (Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Liam Neeson and Elizabeth Banks are nothing to sneeze at) with the second installment, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” is now a learned hand in the world of Panem politics and power struggles.

The cast is busy filming the final two installments of the film, “Mockingjay” parts one and two. Now that the revolution has been sparked, there’s no telling what the Girl On Fire and her loyal followers might get into.

Claflin, who also stars in the new horror movie “The Quiet Ones,” stopped by MTV News to chat about the top-secret “Mockingjay” filming.

“I’m like bursting at the seams but I’m going to have to keep quiet,” he said.

Claflin, who plays the roguish Finnick, has bonded with his castmates and says that “people are realizing that things are coming to an end,” so this is their last chance to goof off and crack up their friends on set.

“It’s been very tough, especially with the things that we’ve been shooting recently that are a little more serious,” he said.

To find out more, watch the clip above.

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” flies into theaters November 21.

Kase Wickman