Summit Entertainment has picked up the film rights to Veronica Roth’s novel “Divergent,” which hits stores in May. Red Wagon’s Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce the adaptation.
The book is described as follows:
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtueCandor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really isshe can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really areand where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she’s chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she’s kept hidden from everyone because she’s been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
Debut author Veronica Roth bursts onto the literary scene with the first book in the Divergent seriesdystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.
Roth comment on the announcement, “My experience with the people at Summit has been very positive so far – I think they have a great vision for the book, one that is close to my own. I also think they’re no strangers to taking risks, which is important to me.”
“Many wonderful people will be working hard to bring a movie to fruition,” she added, “I will wait patiently and see what happens. (Okay, that’s a lie. I will wait impatiently and see what happens.)”
