Divergent Official Winter Olympics

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Divergent’ Winter Olympics Trailer:

 Shailene Woodley’s on the Hero’s Path by Damon Houx February 19, 2014 10:38 PM Share on Facebook Share on Twitter As young-adult films often focus on contests and matters of life and death turned into sporting events, it’s fitting that ‘Divergent‘ — which stars Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, and future Kyle Reese, Jai Courtney — released an extended Winter Olympics trailer. As is often the case with films like this, Woodley’s character is someone who must go on a hero’s journey while also functioning as an avatar for audience members. 

Here she’s a stand-in for people who feel special/different and too often pinned down into categories. And like many of these films, ‘Divergent’ is plotting to be a franchise, as director Robert Schwentke (‘R.I.P.D.’) was recently hired to helm the follow-up, ‘Insurgent.’ 

But considering the batting average of young-adult adaptations of late, we’ll see if that happens after this film is released.

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