Divergent (film)

Divergent is a 2014 American science fiction action film Ceremony. directed by Neil Burger, based on the novel of the same Beatrice Prior (Shailene Woodley) was born into Abne- name by Veronica Roth. The film is the first installment The Divergent Series gation, which runs the government. Her father, Andrew in and was produced by Lucy Fisher, Prior (Tony Goldwyn), serves on the ruling council along Pouya Shabazian, and Douglas Wick, with a screen- [4] with the head of Abnegation, Marcus Eaton (Ray Steven- play by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor. It stars son). Beatrice takes her test with a Dauntless woman Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Court- named Tori Wu (Maggie Q) as her proctor. Her results ney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony [5][6] show attributes of multiple factions, meaning she is Di- Goldwyn, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q and Kate Winslet. vergent. Her divergence includes Abnegation, Erudite, The story takes place in a dystopian and post-apocalyptic [7] and Dauntless. Tori records her results as Abnegation and Chicago where people are divided into distinct factions warns her to keep the true result a secret, saying that be- based on human virtues. Beatrice Prior is warned that cause Divergents can think independently and the govern- she is Divergent and thus will never fit into any one of the ment therefore cannot control them, they are considered factions and soon learns that a sinister plot is brewing in threats to the existing social order. her seemingly perfect society. Divergent The next day at the Choosing Ceremony, Beatrice’s Development of began in March 2011 when brother Caleb Prior (Ansel Elgort) chooses Erudite, while Summit Entertainment picked up the film rights to the after some hesitation, Beatrice chooses Dauntless. After novel with Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher's production the ceremony, Beatrice meets Christina (Zoë Kravitz), company Red Wagon Entertainment. Principal photog- Al (Christian Madsen), and Will (Ben Lloyd-Hughes), raphy began April 16, 2013 and concluded on July 16, three other initiates from other factions who also chose 2013, with reshoots taking place from January 24–26, Dauntless. Christina and Al are from Candor and Will 2014. Production mostly took place in Chicago. is from Erudite. The initiates’ commitment and fearless- Divergent was released on March 21, 2014 in the United ness are immediately tested, and Eric Coulter (Jai Court- States. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with ney), a brutal Dauntless leader, makes it clear that anyone praise going towards its performances, and criticism fo- not meeting Dauntless’ high expectations will be expelled cused on its execution. Reviewers found the film to be from the faction. Beatrice is the first to volunteer for a generic and unoriginal, comparing it unfavorably to other leap of faith from a tall building into a dark hole, landing young-adult fiction adaptations. Despite this, the film was in a net. When Four (Theo James), a transfer initiates’ in- a financial success as it reached the #1 spot at the box of- structor, asks her name, she decides to shorten it to “Tris.” fice during its opening weekend. After its release, the Tris initially struggles in Dauntless training, ranking far film earned over US$288 million worldwide against its below the cutoff after the first evaluation, but slowly im- budget of US$85 million.[8][9] It was released on DVD [10] proves. Eric matches her against her nemesis — Peter and Blu-ray on August 5, 2014. (Miles Teller) in a fight. Tris is soundly defeated and ends A sequel, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, was released on up in the infirmary. When she discovers that she will miss March 20, 2015 in the United States.[11] the most important test, Capture The Flag, she breaks out of the infirmary and joins the other initiates, secures her team’s victory, and makes the final cut. In the next phase of training, the initiates are subject 1 Plot to psychological simulations where they face their worst fears. Tris’ divergence allows her to excel at the tests, In a futuristic dystopian Chicago, the society is divided defeating them in unusual ways, but Four warns her to into five factions: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the hide her abilities and solve the challenges as a normal peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), Dauntless would. Divergents can also manipulate tests and Erudite (the intellectual). The remaining population and serums. are the Factionless, who have no status or privilege in this Tris visits her brother Caleb, who tells her that Erudite is society. When children reach the age of 16, they undergo planning to overthrow Abnegation and become the ruling a serum-induced psychological test which indicates their faction. On her return to Dauntless headquarters, Tris is best-suited faction, then are allowed to choose any fac- attacked by Al, Peter, and Drew before being rescued by tion as their permanent group at the subsequent Choosing

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Four. The next day Al pleads with Tris for her forgive- ness but she refuses, calling him a coward. He later kills himself by jumping into “The Chasm” rather than face failure. To prepare her for the final test, Four takes Tris into his own fear simulations, where she learns that his real name is Tobias Eaton, the son of Marcus Eaton. After the sim- ulation, they kiss. Tris then passes her test and is officially initiated into the Dauntless. The rest of the Dauntless are then injected with a serum supplied by Erudite which is supposedly for tracking, but is actually for mind control. The next morning, the Dauntless prepare to execute Ab- negations by the orders of the Erudites. Divergents are unaffected by the new serum, so Tris must blend in to avoid suspicion. She finds Four, who reveals himself to be a Divergent. While the Dauntless move to raid Abne- gation, Tris and Four separate from the group and attempt to locate Tris’ parents, but Eric sees that Four is not under control and captures the two. Four is taken into custody while Tris is ordered to be executed. Her mother Natalie (Ashley Judd) appears and saves her but is shot and killed as they try to escape. Tris finds her father in hiding with Caleb, Marcus, and several Abnegations. The group sneaks into the Daunt- less headquarters, where Tris encounters Peter and forces him to lead them to Erudite’s control center. Her father sacrifices himself in a shootout, and Tris goes in alone to find Four, who is now under stronger mind control and at- tacks her. Using her knowledge of his fears, she manages to wake him from the mind control and the two enter the Shailene Woodley portrays Beatrice Prior. central control room, where Erudite leader Jeanine (Kate Winslet) is about to have the Dauntless army execute the • entire Abnegation faction. Tris uses a sample of the mind Ansel Elgort as Caleb Prior control serum on her to force her to cancel the program. • The group escapes the compound and boards a train out Maggie Q as Tori Wu of the complex. • Mekhi Phifer as Max • Kate Winslet as Jeanine Matthews 2 Cast • Ben Lloyd-Hughes as Will • See also: List of The Divergent trilogy characters Christian Madsen as Al • Amy Newbold as Molly Atwood • Shailene Woodley as Beatrice “Tris” Prior • Theo James as Tobias “Four” Eaton 3 Production • Ashley Judd as Natalie Prior • 3.1 Pre-production Jai Courtney as Eric Coulter • In March 2011, Summit Entertainment picked up the Ray Stevenson as Marcus Eaton rights for Divergent with Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher’s • production company Red Wagon Entertainment.[12] Neil Zoë Kravitz as Christina Burger was announced as the director on August 23, • [13] Miles Teller as Peter Hayes 2012. Evan Daugherty, who co-wrote the screenplay with Vanessa Taylor, said, “I get hung up on the tough- • Tony Goldwyn as Andrew Prior ness of the movie but of equal importance is the love story 3.3 Filming 3 between Tris and Four. It’s inherently and inextricably On October 22, 2012 it was announced that Shailene linked to Tris’s character journey. There will be plenty Woodley had landed the lead role of Beatrice “Tris” of sexual tension and chemistry, but it’s important that all Prior.[18] Lucas Till, Jack Reynor, Jeremy Irvine, Alex of that stuff doesn't just feel like it’s thrown in, but that Pettyfer, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Ludwig and Luke it all helps Tris grow as a character.”[14] Daugherty fur- Bracey were all considered for the role of Tobias “Four” ther added, “It’s tricky because the book is a very packed Eaton.[19][20] On March 15, 2013, it was announced that read with a lot of big ideas. So, distilling that into a cool, Theo James had been cast as Four.[21] faithful two-hour movie is challenging. Not only do you Though James was 10 years older than the character when have to establish five factions, but you have to acknowl- cast, Roth praised his casting: “I was sure within sec- edge that there’s a sixth entity, which is the divergent, and onds: this was 'Four', no question. Theo is able to cap- you also have the factionless. So there’s a world that really ture 'Four’s' authority and strength, as well as his depth has to be built out for the big screen... the movie is go- and sensitivity.” She also mentions the chemistry between ing to do it a little more efficiently.”[15] Author Veronica him and Shailene: “He is a perfect match for Shailene’s Roth said about the script of the film: “Reading a script incredibly strong presence as Tris. I'm thrilled!"[22] The is a really interesting experience. I'd never read a script producers said about his casting: “We took our time to before. I was really impressed by how closely it stuck to [16] find the right actor to fill the role of Four, and Theo is def- the general plot line of the book.” initely the perfect fit. Veronica has crafted a truly iconic Initially, the budget of the film was $40 million but character in Four and we cannot wait to begin production Lionsgate later increased it to $80 million (which finally and bring him and this story to life for millions of fans changed to $85 million) due to the success of The Hunger around the world.”[21] Games. Analyst Ben Mogil said, “Divergent is more sim- Hunger Games On March 11, 2013, it was announced that the roles of ilar to in that the company owns the un- Tori, Christina, and Caleb had gone to Maggie Q, Zoë derlying economics (i.e. production) and the budget (at [23] [17] Kravitz, and Ansel Elgort respectively. Ray Stevenson, $80[million]) is more manageable.” Jai Courtney and Aaron Eckhart were announced to be in talks to join the cast on March 15, 2013.[24] Steven- son and Courtney joined the cast as Marcus Eaton and 3.2 Casting Eric.[25] That same day, Miles Teller was cast as Peter.[26] Kate Winslet was announced to be in talks on January 24, 2013.[27] Later, it was confirmed that she would portray Jeanine Matthews.[28] Talking about playing the negative character for the first time, Winslet said, “I'm no idiot. The idea went through my head that I have never played a baddie before, I was almost kind of surprised.” Since Winslet joined filming late, she used that distance from her co-stars to appear aloof on the first day of her shoot. “I wanted to break it and say, 'It’s OK, I'm really fun. I promise.' But I thought, just for today, I'd let them think that I am a complete bitch.”[29] Winslet was five months pregnant during the shooting of the film and her pregnancy was concealed using various props. Accord- ing to Burger, “We had to be very strategic in the way that we shot her. She always had some sort of file or case in her hand that was sort of protecting, you know, her bump.”[30] On March 25, 2013, Ben Lamb was cast as Edward, Ben Lloyd-Hughes as Will, and Christian Mad- sen as Al.[31] In April 2013, Ashley Judd and Tony Gold- wyn joined the cast as Natalie and Andrew Prior, Beat- rice’s parents.[32][33]

3.3 Filming

Filming began in Chicago on April 16, 2013 and con- cluded on July 16, 2013.[34][35][36] Virtually all produc- tion photography took place in Chicago; many of the in- terior locations were filmed at Cinespace Chicago Film Theo James was cast as Tobias “Four” Eaton, winning the role Studios.[37] Scenes for the “choosing ceremony” were over several other considered actors. shot at 17th Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago on 4 5 DISTRIBUTION

4 Music

Main article: Divergent: Original Motion Picture Sound- track

The score for Divergent was composed by Junkie XL and executive produced by his longtime mentor Hans Zimmer. Randall Poster served as the film’s music supervisor.[51][52] The original soundtrack was released on March 11, 2014, while the Original Score of the film was released on March 18, 2014, by Interscope Records.[53][54]

5 Distribution

5.1 Marketing

The first image of Shailene Woodley as Beatrice “Tris” The Ferris wheel scene in Divergent was filmed at Navy Pier. Prior was revealed by Entertainment Weekly on April 24, 2013.[55] A few seconds sneak preview footage of the film [56] East Wacker in downtown Chicago,[38] with outdoor shots was shown at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. On June taken at Pioneer Court.[39] Filming also took place at 7, Entertainment Weekly released a still of Theo James the Navy Pier Ferris Wheel; the entire area was treated (Four) showing the Dauntless initiates around their new [57] with dirt and rust to appear more dystopian.[40] Additional headquarters. The magazine released several more [58] scenes were shot at 57th Street and Ellis Avenue near the stills on July 19. On July 16, USA Today released the [29] University of Chicago,[41] at Federal Street where fake L first image of Kate Winslet as Jeanine Matthews. [42] [43] tracks were constructed and at Michigan Avenue. On July 18, 2013 Summit held a sold-out San Diego Scenes were also filmed in the University of Chicago’s [44] Comic-Con panel in Hall H. Shailene Woodley, Theo Joe and Rika Mansueto Library. James, Maggie Q, Zoe Kravitz, Ansel Elgort, Ben Lloyd- For the Abnegation sector, the production team con- Hughes, Amy Newbold, Miles Teller, Christian Mad- structed the set on Wells Street in downtown Chicago.[45] sen, director Neil Burger, and author Veronica Roth at- In late June, filming took place at 1500 S Western Avenue tended the panel and answered fan questions, along with [59] and 600 S. Wells Street, Chicago.[46] In the last sched- the showing of exclusive film clips. ule, filming moved to the Chicago River and continued On August 22, 2013, a sneak peek of the first teaser at Lake Street Bridge, Wacker Drive and LaSalle Street [60][61][62] [47] [48] trailer was released by MTV. The full teaser Bridge. Filming wrapped on July 16, 2013. On Jan- was released on August 25, 2013 during the pre-show uary 24, 2014, additional filming began in Los Angeles, of the MTV Video Music Awards.[63][64][65] Two official finishing two days later, which officially became the last [48] posters featuring Woodley and James as Tris and Four day of shooting. and highlighting their tattoos were released on Septem- ber 23, 2013.[66][67] Neil Burger released the full offi- cial trailer on November 13, 2013.[68][69] On February 3.4 Post-production 4, 2014 Shailene Woodley and Theo James released the final trailer for the film during their appearance on Jimmy Post-production work began after filming wrapped.[49] Kimmel Live!.[70] On July 18, Summit and Lionsgate issued a joint state- ment announcing the film would be released in IMAX The marketing campaign for the film cost at least $50 [71] format: “We're delighted to continue our successful col- million. laboration with IMAX, with whom we have already part- nered on the global blockbuster Hunger Games and Twi- light Saga franchises, and we're especially pleased that we can introduce our newest young adult franchise, Diver- 5.2 Release gent, to the movie going public in the premium IMAX format that celebrates its status as a special and memo- On its first day of advance ticket sales, the film sold half rable event.”[50] of its tickets.[72] 6.2 Critical response 5

5.3 Home media wrote that, “At least The Hunger Games spawned two ter- rific movies and a breakthrough star in Jennifer Lawrence. Divergent was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 5, Onscreen, Divergent ignites only indifference.”[95] How- 2014.[10] Prior to its DVD release, a deleted scene from ever, Peter Debruge of Variety considered it a much bet- the film featuring Miles Teller as Peter Hayes and Ben ter adaptation writing that, "[although] it shares a fair Lamb as Edward was released on July 30, 2014.[73] amount of DNA in common with “The Hunger Games,” it ranks as far superior.”[96] Though the film overall received a mixed reception, many 6 Reception critics praised Shailene Woodley and Theo James for their portrayals as Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton. Ac- cording to Todd Gilchrist of The Playlist, “Woodley 6.1 Box office makes for more than uncertain enough of a hero to add Divergent detail and meaning to the implosion of this world”, adding earned $150,947,895 in North America, and that “there’s little artifice to her performance, and the $137,800,000 in other countries, for a worldwide to- [3] mundane honesty of her reactions create a believabil- tal of $288,747,895. Calculating in all expenses, ity that the world would otherwise lack.” Speaking of Deadline.com estimated that the film made a profit of [74] James’s performance, Gilchrist adds that he “manages $71.87 million. the considerable accomplishment of seeming like a real On its opening weekend, the film attained the No. 1 grown-up man” and that he “makes the character’s trans- spot in domestic and worldwide box office rankings by formation from hardass to collaborator seem natural, if Rentrak.[75][76] The film grossed $4.9 million in late night inevitable”.[97] Drew McWeeny at HitFix said, “it helps screenings, on Thursday March 20, 2014.[11] On its open- that [they] got Woodley and James in the leads. [Wood- ing day, the film grossed $22.8 million in the United ley’s] like a walking empathy battery, wide-open emo- States (including the Thursday night gross).[77][78][79] Di- tionally, easy to read and enormously appealing”, also vergent accumulated $54,607,747 from 3,936 theaters at adding that James is “incredibly natural onscreen”.[98] an average of $13,873 per theater, on its opening week- SFX [80][81][82] Andrew Osmond of magazine was more receptive end in the United States and Canada and grossed to the film, calling it “an often entertaining, and some- $1.7 million internationally from four territories, with a [99] [83][84][85] times very interesting, piece of teen SF”. Andy Lea of worldwide total of $56,307,747. Daily Star wrote that “the satire is not as sharp as that of The Hunger Games and the training scenes borrow heav- ily from the much smarter Ender’s Game. But it’s also 6.2 Critical response stylish, tense and surprisingly pacy.”[100] Orlando Weekly ' sSam Allard gave the film a 3/5 rating, praising Shailene Divergent received mixed reviews from critics. Review Woodley’s performance by saying she “rescues and then aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 40% rating raises up a film that could have been an utter disaster”.[101] based on reviews from 198 critics, with an average score Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com agreed with this sen- of 5.4/10. The site’s consensus states: “With an adher- timent, writing, “the performances—namely from stars ence to YA formula that undercuts its individualistic mes- Shailene Woodley and Theo James and Kate Winslet in sage, Divergent opens its planned trilogy in disappoint- [86] a juicy supporting role—always make the movie watch- ingly predictable fashion.” Metacritic gives the film a able and often quite engaging”.[102] Michael O'Sullivan score of 48 based on reviews from 38 critics, indicat- The Washington Post [87] of felt that the film surpassed its ing “mixed or average reviews”. Audiences surveyed source material, feeling that “it’s rare that a movie is as by CinemaScore were more receptive to the film, giving good as the book on which it’s based. It’s even more un- it a CinemaScore grade of “A”. The survey group was [103] Herald [88][89] usual when it’s better.” Leigh Paatsch of the 69% female and half of the audience was over 25. Sun dubbed the film a “solid first-up effort for the Di- The main criticisms of the film were its generic exe- vergent franchise”,[104] and Margaret Pomeranz of At the [90][91] The cution and predictable plot. Bruce Diones of Movies gave praise to director Neil Burger, stating that he New Yorker [92] called it, “barely diverting”, and Jordan “handles the action with aplomb”.[105] Adler of We Got This Covered said it was a “plodding and generic dystopian drama”.[93] Several critics have The Playlist’s Todd Gilchrist gave it a mixed review say- compared the film unfavorably with other young-adult ing that it has “great ideas ... and some terrific char- Harry Potter acter work, but it’s given such uneven attention, alter- fiction adaptations such as and, predomi- [97] nantly, The Hunger Games. Andrew Barker of Variety nately languished upon and glossed over”. IGN's Matt said, “Unlike the “Harry Potter” series’ tangible, fully di- Patches gave it 5.8 out of 10, citing its similarities to mensional Hogwarts or “The Hunger Games’” colorfully other young adult films and contrived Dauntless plot line. variegated districts, “Divergent’s” vision of new Chicago He praised lead actors Theo James and Shailene Wood- ley’s performances, judging that they “add personality doesn’t have much to distinguish it from a standard-issue [106] post-apocalyptic pic.”[94] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone and physicality to the limp script they're acting out”. 6 8 REFERENCES

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