VIDEO: “The Divergent Series: Insurgent” Inside the BlockBuster (HBO)

The Divergent Series: Insurgent has finally made its debut hit on HBO last night, December 12th. Unfortunately I couldn’t do a live event watch-along because I was at an exciting Star Wars screening. (BTW, the movie was INCREDIBLE! Not spoiling anything away**)

HBO released a new promotion video in which some of tbe cast members such as Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ansel Elgort,zoe Kravitz talk about Insurgent. Watch the video down below:

“The Divergent Series: Insurgent” on HBO

HBO has released an official statement that The Divergent Series: Insurgent First Look will be available to watch on demand this December, 13th.  It will air live on December 2nd at 3:45 pm EST.

Look at the scheduled lists down below for more hourly information:

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  • Wednesday, December 2, 3:45PM ET – HBO EAST
  • Wednesday, December 2, 6:45PM ET – HBO WEST
  • Sunday, December 13, 3:45PM ET – HBO SIGNATURE EAST
  • Sunday, December 13, 6:45PM ET – HBO SIGNATURE WEST
  • Wednesday, December 16, 5:45AM ET – HBO EAST
  • Wednesday, December 16, 8:45AM ET – HBO WEST
  • Sunday, December 20, 2:55AM ET – HBO EAST
  • Sunday, December 20, 5:55AM ET – HBO WEST
  • Sunday, December 20, 6:30PM ET – HBO SIGNATURE EAST
  • Sunday, December 20, 9:30PM ET – HBO SIGNATURE WEST
  • Monday, December 21, 4:20AM ET – HBO SIGNATURE EAST
  • Monday, December 21, 7:20AM ET – HBO SIGNATURE WEST
  • Wednesday, December 23, 9:25AM ET – HBO ZONE EAST
  • Wednesday, December 23, 12:25PM ET – HBO ZONE WEST
  • Saturday, December 26, 2:30PM ET – HBO SIGNATURE EAST
  • Saturday, December 26, 5:30PM ET – HBO SIGNATURE WEST
  • Monday, December 28, 8:25AM ET – HBO SIGNATURE EAST
  • Monday, December 28, 11:25AM ET – HBO SIGNATURE WEST
  • Tuesday, December 29, 3:30PM ET – HBO EAST
  • Tuesday, December 29, 6:30PM ET – HBO WEST

The Divergent Series: Insurgent the movie will be available on December 12, 2015 at 8pm EST. Watch the two promotional videos down below:

VOTE: People’s Choice Awards; Insurgent & Shailene Woodley Nominated

The People’s Choice Awards 2015 Pannel has revealed the final nominations for the category lists. Amongst them, Insurgent and Shailene Woodley have been nominated for Favorite Action Movie and Favorite Action Movie Actress. Thanks to all your votes they both have been nominated, and now it’s up to you to vote for them to win the award, live on January 7th, 2016.

Click down below to vote for Shailene Woodley and Insurgent:

 

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The Divergent Series & The Hunger Games Series Theme Parks

The end for The Hunger Games series franchise films is just around the corner, taking its world wide phenomenon premiere in two weeks with MockingJay Part 2. But Lionsgate is not done promoting this huge franchise, in along partners with our favorite dystopian series, The Divergent Series. The HollyWood Reporter made an official (which we got a confirmation from Lionsgate themselves) stating about a future theme park in recreation for the Hunger Games and Divergent. This park will be held in China and in Atlanta, Georgia making its debut opening in 2018 in Macau, China and its opening in 2019 in Atlanta Georgia. This is highly exciting news to both franchise! Read the full article by The Hollywood Reporter down below:

The studio’s popular film properties will be licensed for destination attractions to be built by Chinese and American partners.

Lionsgate plans to license its film properties to new theme parks being built around the Hunger Games and Divergent film franchises near Macau and Atlanta, Georgia, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

In one deal, Lionsgate is backing Chinese developer Lia Fung and parent eSun as they build a 22,000 square-meter entertainment center in Hengqin, China, a town near Macau. The Lai Sun theme park will feature interactive fan experiences and attractions from six Lionsgate movie properties, including the Hunger Games, Divergent and Now You See Me franchises.

The Macau attraction is slated to open in late 2018. And a second agreement with U.S. developer Avatron Smart Park will see Lionsgate film properties like the Hunger Games, Now You See Me and Step Up franchises anchor a roughly 100-acre theme park near Atlanta with attractions and rides.

The attraction in Atlanta, where the Hunger Games franchise has filmed its movies, is set to launch in 2019. The New York Times first reported on Lionsgate expanding its theme park plans with new IP licensing deals for movie-based attractions in Macau and Atlanta.

Lionsgate in recent years has eyed theme park attractions and other location-based entertainment opportunities to generate new revenues from its Hunger Games, Divergent and other movie franchises. The studio made earlier announcements for an exhibit, The Hunger Games: The Exhibition, now touring museums and other institutions in the U.S., a StageAround live theater production to launch in the U.K. next year and the Motiongate theme park to debut in Dubai next year.

Updated Nov. 2, 13:50 p.m. New information provided to indicate Lionsgate is licensing its IP for new theme parks in Macau and Atlanta, and not building the attractions as previously noted.

Here is a preview of what the LIONSGATE park would look like. Courtesy of Lionsgate.

 
What do you Initiates think of this highly, incredible idea?

‘Insurgent’ Concept Art by Raj Rihal

New concept art done by Raj Rihal for The Divergent Series: Insurgent has been released on the artist’s website. In these concept art images, we get the point of view the artist wanted to portray in the film. He achieved in some of his inferences, but in others he wasn’t so accurate. Take a look at the photos down below:

    
    
    
    
    
    
 Raj Rahil also did the concept art for Divergent back in 2014. Some of his sketches are sketches we were hoping to see in the film, but overall he kept his drawings pretty accurate:
   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
   

As you can see… Raj was pretty accurate about Tobias’ tattoos!