‘Allegiant Part 1’ with Shailene Woodley Starts Filming

Allegiant Part 1 with Shailene Woodley Starts Filming
Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Ansel Elgort in ‘Insurgent’

The third film in the Divergent series, Allegiant – Part 1, has begun shooting in Atlanta with Shailene Woodley and Theo James back in starring roles. Robert Schwentke is directing and Noah Oppenheim, Stephen Chbosky, Adam Cooper & Bill Collage adapted Veronica Roth’s book for the screen.

Jeff Daniels, Nadia Hilker, and Bill Skarsgård are joining the franchise with this third film of the sci-fi action series. And in addition to announcing the start of production, Lionsgate released the updated cast list:

“Tris” – Shailene Woodley
“Four” – Theo James
“David” – Jeff Daniels
“Johanna” – Octavia Spencer
“Marcus” – Ray Stevenson
“Christina” – Zoë Kravitz
“Peter” – Miles Teller
“Caleb” – Ansel Elgort
“Tori” – Maggie Q
“Max” – Mekhi Phifer
“Jack Kang” – Daniel Dae Kim
“Evelyn” – Naomi Watts
“Nita” – Nadia Hilker
“Uriah” – Keiynan Lonsdale
“Matthew” – Bill Skarsgård
“Edgar” – Jonny Weston

Lionsgate will release Allegiant – Part 1 in theaters on March 18, 2016. Part 2 will follow on March 24, 2017.

The Plot:

After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, in Allegiant Part 1 Tris must escape with Four beyond the Wall that encircles Chicago to finally discover the shocking truth of what lies behind it.