Shailene Woodley Fights Back in New ‘Divergent’ Promo Headed for Olympics Telecast (Video)

The 60-second reel shows Woodley’s character steeling herself to buck the system

Shailene Woodley finds her resolve in a new, 60-second promo for the Summit/Lionsgate YA thriller “Divergent” that’s set to air during the Olympics on Thursday night.

While most of the promo material for the March 21 release has shown Woodley discovering how a lack of fear makes her different, this one shows her and co-star Theo James making up their minds to take on a repressive system.

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The studio also released a new synopsis for the film:

DIVERGENT is a thrilling action-adventure film set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader (Kate Winslet)to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four (Theo James) and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it’s too late. Based on the best-selling book series by Veronica Roth.

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