Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Trio Try Out For "Divergent" Male Lead

Jeremy Irvine ("War Horse"), Lucas Till ("X-Men: First Class") and Alex Pettyfer ("Magic Mike") will test for the male lead and love interest in Neil Burger's "Divergent" says Variety.




Luke Bracey, Brenton Thwaites, and Jack Reynor were said to be trying out for the part with Till last November.

Author Veronica Roth's young adult novel is set in a society divided into five factions that each represent a particular virtue: honesty, selflessness, bravery, peacefulness and intelligence.Once a year, sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. It's then a teenage boy and girl set out to rebel against the system and discover a growing conflict that threatens to unravel this seemingly perfect society.

Shailene Woodley ("The Descendants") will star as a 16-year old who leaves her group to join a rival faction and falls in love with a young man.

The second novel in the Trilogy was released in May.The last book will hit next year.

Snow White And The Huntsman screenwriter Evan Daugherty wrote the adapted script.

Pouya Shabazian, Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wick will produce.

The release date for the adaptation has now been confirmed for March 21, 2014

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