Young adult book-to-film adaptations have have definitely rocked the box office over the past few years. With the new casting news for the 2014 adaptation of DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth, the movie is sure to be a big one.
DIVERGENT is about a teenager who seeks to break free from a society that separates people based on their human traits. She leaves her group and joins a rival group, where she falls in love with a young man. The lead character, Beatrice Prior, will be played by one and only Shailene Woodley who was also recently cast as Mary Jane in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2.
Beatrice is born into believing in that ideal; however, come the Choosing Ceremony, she’ll have to decide for herself whether she wants to stay with her family or switch to another group. Either way, she’ll have to complete an accurate initiation process before being considered an actual member.
The studio just dropped word that Kate Winslet won’t play Beatrice’s mother, but instead the leader of the Erudite group, Jeanine Matthews. Jeanine is one of Beatrice’s main attackers.
Jai Courtney, Zoe Kravitz, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q and Theo James will also join the cast. With a great lineup of actors cast to play the characters, DIVERGENT will likely impress fans of the book.
The movie won’t be coming out until March 21, 2014, but with new casting being announced every few weeks, it’s never too early to get excited!