'Insurgent' Movie News: Atlanta Casting Call Asks For 'Intellectual Type' Actors, Role Is More Extra-Based Than Actual Characters [VIDEO]
It seems like Shailene Woodley and Theo James are looking for some help from "intellectual types" in the upcoming sequel to Divergent, Insurgent.
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Project Casting posted a casting call for Atlanta actors for Insurgent. The post says it is looking for "intellectual types." The roles seem to be more extras based than actual speaking roles.
Insurgent follows Tris (Woodley) as she searches for allies and answers in the dystopian ruins of a futuristic Chicago. Tris and Four (James) are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine (Kate 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.
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Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world.
Robert Schwentke is directing the movie from a script by Brain Duffield and Akiva Goldsman, who return from the first movie. This is Schwentke's first movie in the series; his previous work includes Red with Bruce Willis and the more recent, R.I.P.D. with Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges.
Woodley and James return as Tris and Four with the rest of the cast including Jai Courtney, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Winslet, Zoe Kravitz, Naomi Watts, Ray Stevenson, Octavia Spencer, and Maggie Q. Insurgent opens in theaters on March 20, 2015.
