9 New Photos for Shailene Woodley's DIVERGENT
Summit Entertainment has released a series of photos from their big screen adaptation of Divergent. Hollywood is always on the hunt for the next Twilight or Hunger Games franchise, and the studio is hoping that this one will be a big hit. I never heard about this book series until the movie was announced, but it seems to have a solid following. I'm sure it will do well for them. Hollywood is enjoying the benefits of adapting Young Adult novels.
The movie is being directed by Neil Burger from a script by Vanessa Taylor and Evan Daugherty. It stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Ray Stevenson, Maggie Q, Mekhi Phifer, Jai Courtney, Miles Teller, Zoë Kravitz, Ansel Elgort, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Ben Lamb, Christian Madsen, Tony Goldwyn, and Amy Newbold.
The story has been likened to The Hunger Games as it features teen on teen violence. It centers on a 16-year-old girl named Beatrice Prior (Woodley), who lives in a world where society is divided into five factions that each represents a particular virtue or personality: honesty, selflessness, bravery, peacefulness, and intelligence. The character that Woodley plays is classified a 'divergent,' and is told that she will never fit into any specific group. She uncovers a conspiracy to destroy all 'divergents,' and she must find out why others like her are considered so dangerous.
The film comes out on March 21st, 2014.
