Shailene Woodley Near ‘Divergent’ Deal

[secretlyevil]

Gah, I hope her "Secret Life" persona is a result of really good acting. It would be gag=tastic if that came through for Tris.



www.deadline.com/2012/10/shailene-woodley-near-divergent-deal/

EXCLUSIVE: Suddenly, The Descendants breakout Shailene Woodley has become the hot young actress in town. She’s in talks to play the Mary Jane role in The Amazing Spider-Man sequel, and now I hear she is negotiating to play the female lead in Divergent, the Veronica Roth novel that will be directed by Neil Burger for Summit Entertainment. Produced by Red Wagon partners Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher and adapted by Snow White And The Huntsman‘s Evan Daugherty, the book is compared to The Hunger Games because of the age of the characters and the violence that takes place in a futuristic setting. This tale takes place in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into factions based on human traits. A 16-year-old leaves her faction to join a rival one, but during the violent initiation she falls in love with a young man and they try to find their place in this rough world. Paradigm reps Woodley.

[secretlyevil]

95% of the comments are NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! on facebook.

[msmerymac]

She was really good in the Descendants.

[Nonny]

I really don't see her as Tris at all.

[whitepicketfence]

Eh, I could somewhat see her as Tris. She wouldn't be my first choice, but I think it could work.

[shortstax]

Woah, i can totally see it. Especially if everyone around her is much taller (as the other Dauntless recruits would be) I don't think you'd even notice that she's 5'6.

I'm more interested to see who would play Four