A couple of months ago we
reported that director Neil Burger wouldn’t be returning to helm the adaptation
of Insurgent the second book in Veronica Roth’s YA series. Now it seems that
the studio has found a new director to spearhead the project, Robert Schwentke,
who is best known for RED and R.I.P.D.
The adaptation of the first book,
Divergent stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray
Stevenson, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwyn, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q,
Mekhi Phifer, and is set to open on March 21st.
Press Release:
Robert Schwentke will direct
Summit Entertainment’s INSURGENT, the sequel to the studio’s futuristic
adventure DIVERGENT based on author Veronica Roth’s New York Times best seller
series. The film will be directed from a script currently being written by Akiva
Goldsman from a draft initially written by Brian Duffield. Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce the
film via their Red Wagon Entertainment banner along with Pouya Shahbazian. Todd
Lieberman and David Hoberman will executive produce the movie via their
Mandeville Films banner along with Barry Waldman. INSURGENT, which is scheduled
for release on March 20, 2015, will be filmed in Atlanta, GA and Chicago, IL.
The third film in the series, ALLEGIANT, is slated for release on March 18,
2016. Summit is a LIONSGATE company.
In the thrilling sequel to
DIVERGENT, INSURGENT continues the journey of Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) as
war now looms. Sides will be chosen, secrets will emerge, and to uncover the
truth about her world, Tris must be stronger than ever because shocking choices
and sacrifices lie ahead.
Erik Feig, Lionsgate Motion
Picture Group’s President of Production, said, “We are excited to announce that
we have found the perfect director to carry on the story of Tris Prior and the
expanded world of INSURGENT in Robert Schwentke. Robert, with whom we have
already had a successful relationship, has proven a master storyteller in
multiple genres and we can’t wait to see what he brings to Veronica Roth’s next
installment of the DIVERGENT series. As well, we are very happy to welcome Todd
Lieberman and David Hoberman to the team as executive producers.”
The extremely popular novel
“Divergent” was written by first time author Veronica Roth and has topped The
New York Times Best Sellers list ever since being published in April of 2011 by
Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins Publishers.
The book was written by Roth while she was earning her undergraduate
degree at Northwestern University. She
followed her first novel with the book “Insurgent,” which has also made its way
to the #1 position on New York Times Best Sellers lists, and most recently
released “Allegiant” which sold 455,000 copies on its first day of sales
breaking a company record for HarperCollins. The novels in the Divergent trilogy
were the top three books on USA Today’s best-seller list in 2013. The studio
acquired the film rights to the book series in early 2011, several months
before the first novel was published.
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