Divergent

Film adaptation

Summit Entertainment bought the rights to film an adaptation of the novel in 2011.[37] Summit recruited Neil Burger to direct.[38] Initially, Summit gave the film a budget of $40 million,[39] but Lionsgate later increased it to $80 million, which was finally changed to $85 million because of the success of The Hunger Games.[40]

Shailene Woodley was chosen to star as Beatrice "Tris" Prior.[41] The role of Tobias "Four" Eaton eventually went to Theo James after an extensive search.[41] Kate Winslet was signed as Jeanine Matthews.[42] Also recruited into the cast were Maggie Q as Tori, Zoe Kravitz as Christina, Ansel Elgort as Caleb, Miles Teller as Peter, Ashley Judd as Natalie Prior, Tony Goldwyn as Andrew Prior, and Jai Courtney as Eric.[42][43]

Filming began in Chicago on April 16, 2013, and concluded on July 16, with nearly all filming taking place in Chicago.[44][45][46] The film was released March 21, 2014 and earned $150,947,895 in North America and $137,228,004 in other areas, for a worldwide total of $288,175,899.[47] The critic aggregating sites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic both gave the films mixed reviews.[48][49] However, the audience surveyor CinemaScore showed that audiences were very receptive to the film.[50]


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