Tori warns her to conceal her true results and says that because Divergents can think independently and sense any serums injected into them, the government feels they threaten the existing social order. After her test results show equal attributes of multiple factions (Abnegation, Erudite, and Dauntless), making her Divergent, her proctor Tori Wu, a Dauntless woman, records her results as Abnegation. Her father Andrew serves on the ruling council along with Abnegation's leader Marcus Eaton. Upon turning 16, children undergo a serum-induced psychological aptitude test which indicates their best-suited faction, but can choose any faction as their permanent group at the subsequent Choosing Ceremony.īeatrice Prior was born into Abnegation, which runs the government. The remaining population, the Factionless, have no status or privilege. In a future dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), and Erudite (the intellectual). Ī third film, Allegiant, was released on March 18, 2016. Ī sequel, Insurgent, was released on March 20, 2015, in the United States and other countries.

It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 5, 2014. The film grossed $288 million worldwide against its budget of $85 million. The film received mixed reviews: although its action sequences and performances, notably Woodley's, were praised, critics deemed its execution and handling of its themes to be generic and unoriginal, and compared it unfavorably to other young adult fiction adaptations. Production mostly took place in Chicago.ĭivergent was released on March 21, 2014, in the United States. Principal photography began April 16, 2013, and concluded on July 16, 2013, with re-shoots taking place from January 24–26, 2014. She soon learns that a sinister plot is brewing in the seemingly perfect society.ĭevelopment of Divergent began in March 2011 when Summit Entertainment picked up the film rights to the novel with Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher's production company Red Wagon Entertainment. Beatrice Prior is warned that she is Divergent and thus will never fit into any one of the factions. The story takes place in a dystopian and post-apocalyptic Chicago where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. It stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwyn, Ansel Elgort, and Maggie Q. The film is the first installment in The Divergent Series and was produced by Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, and Pouya Shahbazian, with a screenplay by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor.

Divergent is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Neil Burger, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Veronica Roth.

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