Ashley Judd In Talks To Join ‘Divergent’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday April 12, 2013 @ 4:24pm PDT

Ashley Judd is in negotiations to join the cast of Divergent, Deadline has learned. The 2014 sci-fi pic from Summit stars Shailene Woodley and Theo James in the YA adaptation of Veronica Roth’s best seller, set in a world in which young adults are divided into factions based on their personalities.

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Shailene Woodley Lands Lead In ‘The Fault In Our Stars’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 19, 2013 @ 1:09pm PDT
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Shailene WoodleyShailene Woodley is negotiating to star as Hazel Grace Lancaster in Fox 2000‘s The Fault In Our Stars. An adaptation of John Green’s bestseller, the film will be helmed by Josh Boone. Script is by (500) Days Of Summer and The Spectacular Now screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber. Temple Hill Entertainment’s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen are producing.

This is the story of romance between Gus and Hazel, who meet in their cancer support group and fall head over heels in love. Rather than dwelling on the depressing nature of the limited time they have together, the two embark on a vibrant, passionate, and hilarious journey that proves that an entire life’s worth of meaning can be found in any stretch of time. Read More »

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Jai Courtney Joins Summit Entertainment’s Sci-Fi Adventure ‘Divergent’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 14, 2013 @ 10:15am PDT
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Jai Courtney, the former Spartacus star who played John McClane’s son in A Good Day To Die Hard, has joined Divergent, Summit Entertainment‘s film adaptation of the Veronica Roth bestseller. The film’s directed by Neil Burger, and Courtney joins Shailene Woodley, Zoe Kravitz, Ansel Elgort and Maggie Q. Evan Daugherty wrote the script and Red Wagon Entertainment’s Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher are producing with Pouya Shahbazian. The futuristic adventure is set in a world where people are divided into factions based on personality. Woodley plays the young protagonist, who is classified a “divergent,” and told she will never fit into any specific group. She uncovers a conspiracy to destroy all “divergents,” and must find out why and and others like her are considered so dangerous. Summit has set a March 21, 2014 release. Read More »

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Shailene Woodley Near ‘Divergent’ Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 18, 2012 @ 2:33pm PDT
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Shailene Woodley Movie DivergentEXCLUSIVE: 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 … Read More »

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Web Slinger Eyes Shailene Woodley As Love Interest

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday October 10, 2012 @ 3:44pm PDT

Haven’t heard back from Sony, but sources say Shailene Woodley has the offer to play Mary Jane Watson in the Marc Webb-directed The Amazing Spider-Man sequel, and her deal will close soon, we’re told. It is a … Read More »

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Hammond: Supporting Actress Hopefuls Might Wish For Oscar Absence Of ‘The Help’

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Could one movie dominate this year’s best supporting actress Oscar lineup? Certainly an argument could be made for any number of actresses in the ensemble hit, The Help and in fact two of them were nominated for Critics Choice … Read More »

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Exclusive Featurette: ‘The Descendants’

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Oscar-Buzzed ‘Descendants’ Bows To $119K

Alexander Payne’s dramedy starring George Clooney has good momentum heading into its opening weekend expansion today into a total 29 locations in 11 additional markets (including Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington DC, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego, Denver, Minneapolis, … Read More »

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