Hollywood Take Note: Lionsgate's 'Divergent' Could be a Cost-Effective Blockbuster

By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Lionsgate sees a budding, but economical, film franchise in "Divergent," the studio's top brass assured investors on Friday. An enthusiastic response to a presentation at Comic-Con coupled with an Entertainment Weekly cover anointing the adaptation of Veronica Roth's science-fiction novel the next hot young adult franchise, has the studio hoping it has another "Hunger Games" on its hands. "The parallels are very, very strong and very, very similar," Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said during a call with analysts on Friday. ...



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