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‘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.

This post was last modified on March 3, 2023 11:26 pm

Rebecca Murray: Journalist covering the entertainment industry for 23+ years, including 13 years as the first writer for About.com's Hollywood Movies site. Member of the Critics Choice Association (Film & TV Branches), Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and Past President of the San Diego Film Critics Society.
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