Divergent Faction was lucky enough to attend the Divergent premiere in Los Angeles on March 18th along with a bunch of other Divergent fansites.
Check out photos and video interviews with Shailene Woodley, Veronica Roth, Ray Stevenson, and Tom Holkenborg.
Interviews with Shailene Woodley, Veronica Roth, Amy Newbold, Christian Madsen, Ray Stevenson and Tom
Huge thank you to Jennifer Palmer for representing Divergent Faction in LA.
This week is Divergent week on Moviefone! They will be premiering a week’s worth of exclusive features — video, behind-the-scenes blogs, concept art, and more.
In this brand new clip from Divergent exclusively revealed by Moviefone Eric hangs Christina over the chasm.
See Divergent in theaters on March 21st. You can purchase your tickets now.
Thanks to @epnebelle we have the video of the Behind the Scenes footage of Divergent that is featured on the Catching Fire DVD. The footage has interviews with Veronica Roth, Shailene Woodley, Zoe Kravitz, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Neil Burger and more.
Exciting right?
You can purchase your Divergent tickets on March 4th and see the movie on March 21st!
Yesterday we got a tease of the new trailer from DIVERGENT. Today we just got the full trailer from BuzzFeed.
Watch the brand new Divergent trailer right now:
DIVERGENT FACTION Reaction to final trailer:
The trailer is everything that I’ve ever hoped for. Once Tris is injected for the aptitude test by Tori that’s when the action starts. In the trailer we see the dog simulation and then Tori of course tells Tris her results were inconclusive. In this trailer we see more of my favorite characters Tori(Maggie Q) and Natalie Prior(Ashley Judd). We also get to see a little bit of Tris and Natalie at Visiting day. I get so sad seeing anything that involves Natalie Prior. We also get a better glimpse at Tris heading over to Erudite headquarters. Tris’ simulations when she’s in the tank and when she’s with the crows look great. The part of the trailer that got me the most excited was when Tris and the other Dauntless Initiates ran out of the Choosing Ceremony and were heading for the trains. This is when her journey truly starts. It’s the first day of the rest of her life and that makes be so excited. I can truly tell that this movie will be absolutely amazing! There is no doubt in my mind that it will do great.
Initiates what did you think of the final Divergent trailer? Are you excited to see Divergent on March 21st? What is your favorite part of the trailer? Share your reactions in the comments below.
Moviefone.com got a chance to visit the set of Divergent. They decided to share 10 things they learned while on the Divergent set.
1. The filmmakers have a respected pedigree
This isn’t a production by Hollywood upstarts hoping to get in on the YA page-to-screen trend. Oscar-winning producers Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher of Red Wagon Entertainment have produced prestigious films like “Gladiator,” “The Great Gatsby” and “Memoirs of a Geisha.” The producers selected director Neil Burger, who has a history of making both action films (“Limitless”) and character-driven dramas (“The Illusionist.”)
Burger says he connected with the story and didn’t want to make just another teen movie. “I mean that was one of things that I was just like ‘Is it going to be another one of these movies?’ Some of which are really good, but I wanted something different. We’ve seen a lot of post-apocalyptic movies; we’ve seen these other young adult movies. So I just thought that there was a way to do it in a much more cinematic way, to tell it visually, and also to tell it in a more real way.”
2. Shailene Woodley (Tris) and Theo James (Four) have sizzling chemistry
As the new trailer makes obvious, the two leads have an undeniable chemistry. While every line they say to each other in the book didn’t make it into the screenplay, the two leads made a point of saying the Big Stuff is there, and it’s fabulous.
“I think their relationship in the book is slightly different, but obviously there’s only a certain amount of scenes that we can play in the movie,” Woodley told us. “So the arc of Tris and Four I don’t think is as full of the certain small nuances. But it’s good guys! Don’t worry it’s good.”
James confirmed that the romantic scene when Tris inspects Four’s tattoos (which the trailer teases) is as pivotal in the movie as it is in the book. “Yes, that scene remains in. That’s an important scene for us as well [as fans],” he said.”The great thing about their relationship at the beginning is that they’re not suddenly in love. I mean obviously they kind of are as soon as they see each other but they have this fractious thing because he’s trying to remain some sort of authority and she’s discovering herself so they are kind of back and fourth.”
3. Boys hit girls. Girls hit girls. Boys hit boys.
Just like in the book, the Dauntless Faction is known for its merciless initiation process, in which the transfer newbies must fight, fight, fight –- and gender is not an issue when it comes to sparring. As one of the story’s baddies, Miles Teller’s Peter had to really sell beating up Woodley’s Tris. “I would never hit a woman for the record,” Teller laughs. “With Shai there’s a certain level of comfort, which is great.”
Zoe Kravitz’s Christina has a memorable fight scene against the much larger and stronger Molly (Amy C. Newbold): “It was pretty intense. It was really tiring doing it over and over again. Like I said, Molly is twice my size, or Amy, so she throws me around and beats the sh-t out of me in this scene… At first they were like the fight sequence was just me being beaten and I’m like ‘Come on give me a few punches please.'”
Newbold, on the other hand, told us she loved the fights: “My fight with Shailene was the first day and then my fight with Zoe was the second day. So I was simultaneously super nervous because I didn’t know what to expect and it just ended up being so fun. I found out I really love to fight.”
4. It’s not like “The Hunger Games”
Although the cast and crew understands why “Divergent” is often compared to other movies based on popular young-adult franchises, they were quick to point out the many differences between the setting, the characters and storyline.
Newbold stresses how in “Divergent,” the violence isn’t supposed to be gratuitous, it’s about demonstrating your propensity for bravery: “In ‘Divergent,’ all of the initiates have chosen this and in that way they feel that it’s a characteristic that they are close to — this idea of bravery — and it’s something that resonates with them. So I think that’s a little different than your name being pulled out of something and being thrown into this arena where you have to kill.”
5. It’s not like “Twilight” either
Woodley stressed how Tris and Four are not Bella and Edward. “One of the main aspects that attracted me to Divergent was ‘their’ relationship. It’s not one of those teenage dramatic relationships where it’s love at first sight and she’s swooning over him and he’s there with her and then he withdraws and she has to chase him,” she said. “There’s no drama [or love triangles.] I feel like it’s very real and very personal and realistic to how a lot of relationships are. It’s very different than the Bella/Edward relationship. They’re completely on the opposite sides of the spectrum.”
6. Dystopian Chicago really is Chicago
Unlike “The Hunger Games,” which takes place mostly in unidentified rural regions of a dystopian North America, “Divergent” is set firmly in Chicago, so the producers decided to shoot in the Windy City as well.
“We wanted to do something that was more real, not raw in a gritty way, but raw in an immediate and intimate way. So one of the things we wanted to do was shoot on the streets of Chicago and we didn’t want to do CG skylines or digital landscapes,” Burger told us. “So I thought it’s set in Chicago and Chicago is this monumental place, why not use that? That’s the skyline, it’s already here, give or take a few building that might’ve been lost in the war. It’s pretty much the same. So the idea of shooting a movie that’s set in the future but on the streets that are familiar.”
7. Book fans need to prepare for differences between the book and the film.
Every director of an adaptation struggles with pleasing the hardcore book fans and creating a film adaptation that’s simultaneously faithful and fresh. Woodley says she hopes book fans will understand the differences.
“Obviously the book is what — 400 pages? The script is 90 pages, and there are some things in the book that logic-wise wouldn’t make sense in a theatrical way, so we had to switch the way we are presenting it,” she explained.
For example, in the movie it’s obvious that Four is more than two years older than Tris, as it’s written in the book. James thinks this was a necessary change: “I think for Four to have that experience as a leader and as someone of high skill that he is, that he joined two years ago and now he’s this f—ing legend, I think it makes more sense that he’s been there a bit longer, only a few more years.”
8. The young cast bonded over boot camp and concerts.
In addition to working out together for hours each day before shooting started, the young cast also got the chance to hang out at Chicago venues. Cast-member Christian Madsen explains how Zoe Kravitz hooked everybody up with tickets to see Erykah Badu. “Day two after I got here we went to see Erykah Badu at the House of Blues. Zoe got everyone tickets… I just remember stuff like that and we were dancing. No one really knew each other but by the end of the night everyone was into each other.”
Being her father’s daughter, Kravitz says it made sense to take everyone to the show: “It’s the first thing I do when I go to a new city; I want to go see music,” she tells us. “I was like ‘Dude, Erykah Badu’s playing!’ No one was excited as I was, and I was like ‘You don’t understand, she’s amazing!’ So we got everyone to go. Theo and Christian, the next couple of days like every time I would go to their apartments they would be listening to Erykah Badu.”
9. There’s a strong “Hunger Games” connection
Zoe Kravitz, who plays Tris’ fellow Dauntless transfer BFF Christina, is the daughter of Lenny Kravitz (Cinna in “The Hunger Games”) and the real life bestie of “X-Men: First Class” co-star Jennifer Lawrence aka Katniss Everdeen. Kravitz reached out to Jen to see what she was getting herself into.
“I spoke to Jen more about it. She was just like ‘Do it!’ and super supportive,” Kravitz told us. “It’s obviously changed her life quite a bit for the best, she’s killin it. It’s crazy I never expected to be in a big franchise film I was surprised when I did ‘X-Men’ and then ‘Mad Max’ and now I’m doing this. It’s really crazy for me.”
10. Everybody Loves Shai
The consistent refrain from every single person we met on the set, from the producer and director to the costume designer and stunts coordinator is that Woodley is a rare combination of talented, humble and generous. Perhaps that explains why she hits it off so well with her co-stars. Miles Teller, who plays her “Divergent” antagonist Peter, was previously her love interest in “The Spectacular Now,” and Ansel Elgort, her brother in “Divergent,” plays her first love in the upcoming “The Fault in Our Stars.”
Teller reveals about his friendship with Woodley: “Me and Shai have an interesting relationship, but that’s love you know? For a couple of months you’re so in love with that person and sometimes you’re on edge a little bit… If I could work with Shai once a year for the rest of my career than I think we’d be doing some good stuff together.”
I don’t know about you, but this makes me even more excited to see Divergent on March 21st.
Yesterday we got to see an 18 second teaser of the trailer. We also got a new Divergent poster of Tris and Four looking out over Chicago.
Today we officially have a full length trailer from Summit:
Share your thoughts on the new Divergent trailer in the comments or tweet at @DivergentFction
DIVERGENT will be Coming to Theaters and IMAX March 21st, 2014.
Today has been filed with lots of amazingness for us Initiates. Now we have a bunch of character portraits from the official Divergent website.
A bio comes along with the character portraits explaining who each character is:
Originally born into Abnegation, Tris is idealistic,
vulnerable, brave and compassionate. When faced with
the biggest decision of her life, she struggles between
choosing her family and her yearning desire
to discover her true identity.
Strong, mentally tough and emotionally guarded,
Four is one of the leaders in the Dauntless faction
with a mysterious past. As an instructor,
Four becomes close to Tris and helps
guide her during her initiation process.
Leader of the Erudite faction, Jeanine is cold,
calculating, and wickedly manipulative. Despite
her gifted intelligence, Jeanine’s unscrupulous
desire for absolute control poses a serious threat
to the five factions.
Tori is a member of the Dauntless faction. She
administers Tris’aptitude test and first discovers
that Tris is Divergent. As she continues to
provide Tris with advice, thetwo establish a bond
that helps Tris throughout her journey.
Eric is a tough, brutal leader in the
Dauntless faction who becomes an early
adversary to Tris.
Fierce, fearless, and intense, Max establishes
himself as one of the premiere leaders
within the Dauntless faction.
Born into Candor, Christina is kind, empathetic, but
also fearless. She instantly befriends Tris as they
enter the Dauntless faction together.
Born into Candor but aspiring to be Dauntless,
Al’s natural kind-heartedness prevents him from
fitting in. Big, warm, and at times clumsy, al is
constantly torn between friendship and envy.
With exceptional close-encounter combat skills,
Edward has the rare athleticism to thrive as a
Dauntless initiate despite his Erudite upbringing.
As a Dauntless initiate, Molly uses brute strength
and intense cruelty to compete against her peers.
Originally born into Candor, Peter joins
Dauntless and uses evil cunning and cruel
violence to advance in the initiation process.
In contrast to the other Dauntless initiates, Will
is able to apply his Erudite intelligence and use
teamwork as a strength during their initiation.
A leader of the Abnegation faction, Andrew is a loving
and devoted father to Tris and Caleb.
Tris’s older brother, Caleb is selfless at heart but
chooses to leave his home for a life of knowledge
in the Erudite faction.
As a council member of the Abnegation faction,
Marcus struggles between his family and
the responsibility of leading a faction
faced with uncertainty.
Divergent Faction 