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BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE Featurette

#DIVERGENT Deleted Scene "Attacked in the Night"

Here is a clip from one of the highly anticipated deleted scenes on the Blu-ray & DVD release for DIVERGENT . Attacked in the Night DIVERGENT is now available on Digital HD and will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on August 5. THE BLOCKBUSTER FILM BASED ON THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING BOOK SERIES MAKES ITS HOME ENTERTAINMENT DEBUT DIVERGENT THE THRILLING ACTION ADVENTURE ARRIVES ON BLU-RAY COMBO PACK, DVD AND ON DEMAND AUGUST 5 DIGITAL HD AVAILABLE JULY 22 SANTA MONICA, CA (May 20, 2014) - Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the premier next generation global content leader, will release the electrifying first installment of the blockbuster action adventure franchise Divergent on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital), Video on Demand and Pay-Per-View on August 5, the Company announced today. The film will be available on Digital HD two weeks early on July 22. Based on Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times best-selling book series

Naomi Watts Joins #Insurgent

Naomi Watts has signed on to join the next three films in Lionsgate's Divergent franchise. Naomi Watts   is joining the cast of Divergent sequel Insurgent as Evelyn, leader of the Factionless. Watts' deal calls for to co-star in the futuristic franchise's two final movies, which are based on Veronica Roth's YA novel Allegiant, the final book in the Divergent trilogy. Watts will jump right to Insurgent, which began shooting last week in Atlanta. Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Kate Winslet and Miles Teller -- who all appeared in Divergent -- return for the sequel. Watts joins Octavia Spencer as new additions to the cast. After Insurgent wraps in September, Watts will move on to Sea of Trees, which will take her through November. The in-demand actress is mulling a number of films after that. Robert Schwentke, who replaced Divergent helmer Neil Burger, is directing Insurgent from a screenplay written by Brian Duffield and Akiva Goldsman. Insurgent

#Divergent On Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD & Digital HD Arrives On August 5 & New Clip

THE BLOCKBUSTER FILM BASED ON THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING BOOK SERIES MAKES ITS HOME ENTERTAINMENT DEBUT THRILLING ACTION ADVENTURE ARRIVES ON BLU-RAY COMBO PACK, DVD AND ON DEMAND AUGUST 5 & DIGITAL HD AVAILABLE JULY 22 Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the premier next generation global content leader, will release the electrifying first installment of the blockbuster action adventure franchise Divergent on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital), Video on Demand and Pay-Per-View on August 5, the Company announced today. The film will be available on Digital HD two weeks early on July 22. Watch the new clip after the Jump... " Bringing Divergent to Life " Documentary Based on Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times best-selling book series which has sold nearly 22 million copies worldwide, the film features an all-star cast including Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Academy Award® winner Kate Winslet and Ashley Judd. To date, Divergent h

ALLEGIANT To be Turned Into Two Films

You had to know this was going to happen. THIRD BOOK IN VERONICA ROTH'S BLOCKBUSTER DIVERGENT TRILOGY , ALLEGIANT , WILL BE PRODUCED AND RELEASED AS TWO SEPARATE FILMS Allegiant -- Part 1 To Be Released on Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment Label On March 18, 2016; Allegiant -- Part 2 To Arrive in Theatres Nationwide on March 24, 2017 Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, will produce and release Allegiant, starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James and based on the third book in Veronica Roth's best-selling Divergent trilogy, as two separate films, it was announced today by Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger. The Company will release a total of four Divergent films on its Summit Entertainment label, with the next film, Insurgent, which begins production next month, slated for release on March 20, 2015 and Allegiant -- Parts 1 & 2 scheduled for release on March 18, 2016, and March 24, 2017, re

Divergent Review: Blase YA Distopia

Divergent Review By: Matt Cummings The terribly flatlined  Divergent offers nothing new and plenty to dislike.  In an industry dying to find the next big thing, Hollywood has understandably latched on to YA: read by entire demographics who heretofore claimed romantic comedies as their their own, Hollywood correctly recognized its potential. However, its ability to reel those fishes in has been rocky to say the least: for every Hunger Games , there's Mortal Instruments , Beautiful Creatures , and Vampire Academy . With such a track record, it's clear that moviegoers haven't embraced the genre the way it's worshiped super hero films as of late. Hoping to reverse that trend is the blase and imitative distopia of Divergent , a film that will make a lot of money only because of its rabid fan base and certainly not because of its pedigree. After a conflict ends the United States 100 years before, the city of Chicago has endured by erecting a giant electric fe