Friday, January 25, 2013

Winslet Circles "Divergent"

Kate Winslet is in talks to join Neil Burger's "Divergent," the first of a potential trilogy of films says Variety.


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.

Winslet's role is unknown.

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. At last report Jeremy Irvine ("War Horse"), Lucas Till ("X-Men: First Class") and Alex Pettyfer ("Magic Mike") were going to test for the male lead and love interest in film--The role has been tough to cast with  Luke Bracey, Brenton Thwaites, and Jack Reynor trying out for the part with Till last November.

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 initial adapted script. Now Vanessa Taylor is presently re-writing the 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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