Divergent

The Divergent series has never reached the culture-saturating heights of the Hunger Games movies, but it’s done well for itself. Divergent and its awkwardly titled sequel, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, left fans satisfied and made their fare share of cash at the box office. The first trailer for The Divergent Series: Allegiant (ugh, that title) is preaching to the choir. No one put off by the first two films will be won over by this footage and no one who skipped the first two will be able to follow any of this, but this movie doesn’t need your approval. It just needs the approval of the faithful.

Instead of rubber prop weapons, kids were running around in the midst of real clubs, axes and machetes.

Shailene Woodley and Theo James are back in the next installment of the YA-adapting franchise. In this first teaser, a house flies.

Miles Teller has a movie he's very proud of this year. That movie is 'Whiplash,' a movie about the dysfunctional relationship between a jazz drummer and his demented teacher. He says of all the training he put into the film, "It was, by far, the hardest thing I’ve ever done." Miles Teller also has a movie he's not very proud of. That movie is the young adult hit 'Divergent,' which Teller says left him feeling "dead inside."

Naomi Watts joins the cast of the 'Divergent' films where she will play the crucial role of Evelyn. Watts will join the cast for 'Insurgent,' 'Allegiant - Part 1' and 'Allegiant - Part 2.' Shooting for 'Insurgent' is currently underway in Atlanta for the film's release date of March 20, 2015.

In a move that should surprise approximately no one, the 'Divergent' film franchise will now be four films instead of three, with 'Allegiant,' the third book in Veronica Roth's best-selling series, now being adapted into two films. Just when you thought young-adult dystopic science-fiction stories were on the way out ...

If the main goal of 'Divergent' was to snag a large portion of the audience for 'The Hunger Games,' it looks like it succeeded. Although it didn't reach the absurd heights of Katniss' two movies, Shailene Woodley's dystopian adventure effortlessly nabbed the number one spot and, unless something bad happens next week, announced the arrival of a new big franchise.

'Divergent' lands at the multiplex this Friday, March 21. Know what else lands? Oh, just franchise star Shailene Woodley, who plays the heroine Tris in the cinematic adaption of the mega-popular YA novels. She lands on her back, safely, after taking a huge leap in a new clip from the film.