THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT TO BE RELEASED IN 3D. Character Posters to be Revealed Today.

Initiates rejoice for we will get Four and Tris in 3D as well as 2D for Insurgent! Additionally, during the course of the day, every hour, Lionsgate will be releasing 8 new character posters in 3D. Lionsgate has just released the following notice to the press:

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT TO BE RELEASED IN 3D

  Film Hits Theaters March 20, 2015

Interactive 3D Poster Campaign Launches Today

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, and SANTA MONICA, Calif.Oct. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, today announced that it will release The Divergent Series: Insurgent, the second installment of its Divergent franchise, in both 3D and 2D.  The film will be released worldwide on March 20, 2015 through Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment label.  The Company will also today roll out eight new interactive 3D character posters, with one new poster debuting each hour.  For more, please visit https://www.facebook.com/TheDivergentSeries

“The second film in the Divergent franchise takes the story and action to another level and, by partnering with RealD, we were able to blend gripping performances and mind-blowing spectacle to create a unique event on screen,” said producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher. “We cannot wait to share this experience with audiences around the world.”

The Divergent Series: Insurgent raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the ruins of a futuristic ChicagoTris (Woodley) and Four (James) are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine (Winslet), the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite.  Racing against time, they must find out what Tris’s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them.  Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world.

The film stars Golden Globe®-nominee Shailene WoodleyTheo James, Academy Award®-winners Kate Winslet and Octavia SpencerJai CourtneyRay StevensonZoe KravitzMiles TellerAnsel Elgort, Maggie Q and Mekhi Phifer, is based on author Veronica Roth’s New York Times best-seller of the same name. The film is directed by Robert Schwentke from a screenplay by Brian DuffieldAkiva Goldsman and Mark Bomback and produced by Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher through their Red Wagon Entertainment banner, along with Pouya ShahbazianTodd Lieberman and David Hoberman are executive producing through their Mandeville Films banner along with Neil Burger and Barry Waldman.

The first Divergent film grossed nearly $300 million at the global box office, and Veronica Roth’s Divergent book series has already sold nearly 30 million copies around the world.  The third and fourth installments in the franchise, Allegiant – Parts 1 & 2, are slated for release on March 18, 2016 and March 24, 2017, respectively.

Keep your eye on this blog and the official @Divergent account on twitter for the hourly reveals!

Source: Lionsgate Press Release