The hype for Divergent is slowly starting to crank up, with Summit hoping it can fill the young adult hole left by the end of The Twilight Saga. Now the first posters have emerged, giving us a look Shailene Woodley as Tris Prior, as well as a shirtless Theo James showing off his tats as Tobias ‘Four’ Eaton.
Neil Burger is directing the adaptation of Veronica Roth’s best-selling novel, which takes place in a dystopian future made up of five factions that are based on different personality types. As they come of age, everyone must join the faction they fit into, but certain people are ‘divergents’, showing traits from more than one group. Tris (Shailene Woodley) uncovers that these people are seen as dangerous and the government wants to get rid of them. Theo James’ character is a trainer who befriends Tris.
The likes of Theo James, Kate Winslet, Miles Teller, Ashley Judd and Maggie Q co-star.
The movie will be bidding to be the new Twilight when it hits cinemas next March.
Various people have been cast in Divergent, but Summit has been difficulty finding the male lead. Actors such as Alex Pettyfer and Lucas Till have auditioned and the company has looked at people of various ages, but now they’ve finally gone for a actor who’s not too well known at the moment, but whose star is certainly on the rise – Theo James.