The third instalment of the Divergent series – Allegiant, which recently lopped the Part 1 from its name as the second part became Ascendant – is headed our way next year. So the first teaser trailer has arrived to catch us up on where Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) and the rest are headed next.
Serving first as a “Previous on The Divergent Series” recap before offering some glimpses of the new film, the trailer is very much more on the tease side, which is actually refreshing.
This new movie, in case you were unaware, finds Tris, Four (Theo James) and their ragtag group of friends, enemies and undecideds having won their battle against the machinations of Erudite faction leader Jeanine (Kate Winslet). They’ve discovered, thanks to Tris’ ability to unlock a message, that their shattered, dystopian Chicago is not the final refuge for the human race, but was used as an experiment to development divergents such as our heroine. As for what she can do to save the wider world is a mystery, but she’ll learn more from the mysterious Bureau of Genetic Welfare, which includes new franchise face Jeff Daniels as David…
With Robert Schwentke back directing from a script that has seen work by Noah Oppenheim, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage and Stephen Chbosky, The Divergent Series: Allegiant also features Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller, Naomi Watts, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q and Bill Skarsgard. It’ll hit our cinemas on March 18.