Does #Insurgent Have A Director?

 
Deadline is reporting that Insurgent has a director in Robert Schwentke.  We already knew that Neil Burger would not be returning to direct Insurgent because of time constraints, but until now we had only heard rumors of who would take the reins.

Mr. Schwentke’s credentials include: Red, Flightplan and The Time Travelers Wife.

According to Deadline:

EXCLUSIVE: Summit Entertainment has found its director for Insurgent, the follow-up to the upcoming Divergent that will launch a three-pic series based on Veronica Roth’s sci-fi novels. Robert Schwentke, whose credits include the 2010 action comedy Red that also came from Summit, has been tapped for duty, and he will helm the script currently being written by Akiva Goldsman based on a draft by Brian Duffield. In December, Summit had to explain that Divergent director Neil Burger couldn’t helm the second pic because of postproduction on the first movie overlapping preproduction. That second pic has been fast-tracked for next year and has a March 20, 2015 release date already.

What do you think, Initiates? We can’t wait to see what he does with the next movie! (We’re also thrilled that Neil Burger is staying on to produce!)
 

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