Thompson on Hollywood: Post-'Twilight,' EW Lays Claim to New YA Movie Traffic Booster, 'Divergent,' Starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James

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Post-'Twilight,' EW Lays Claim to New YA Movie Traffic Booster, 'Divergent,' Starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James Jun 20th 2013, 17:43 The "Twilight" franchise is over, and "Hunger Games" is spawning more would-be young adult novel-turned-movie-franchises. Entertainment Weekly is pushing what could (or could not) be the next big YA craze on their cover this week: "Divergent."  Based on Veronica Roth's novel of the same title, the film takes place in a dystopian Chicago where society is split into five factions; when kids turn 16, they take a test to determine which of the factions they're best suited for. Stars Shailene Woodley and Theo James, along with director Neil Burger, sat down with EW to talk the new film, which hits theaters March 21, 2014. Highlights below. Summit, the company who foresaw the dollar signs in "Twilight," picked up the title early on. Credit Lionsgate/Summit production chief Erik Feig if they deliver the goods on this one. They also have sci-fi title "Ender's Game," which celebrates impossibly young warriors preparing for an imminent alien invasion. Think Starfleet the Younger... Media files: divergent.40.59-AM.png (image/jpeg)

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