Naomi Watts Signs on for Next Three DIVERGENT Films

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Naomi Watts has signed on for the next three films in the DIVERGENT franchise. Watts joins Shailene Woodley and Theo James in the film as the leader of the Factionless, Evelyn.

Watts will appear in INSURGENT, directed by Robert Schwentke, and the final two films in the series, based upon the novel ALLEGIANT.

The big screen adaptation of DIVERGENT, released earlier this year, starred Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Ray Stevenson, Mekhi Phifer, Maggie Q, Jai Courtney, Miles Teller, Zoë Kravitz, Ansel Elgort, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Ben Lamb, Christian Madsen, Amy Newbold, Ashley Judd and Tony Goldwyn.

Divergent is a thrilling adventure set in a future world where people are divided into distinct factions based on their personalities. Tris Prior (Woodley) is warned she isDivergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy to destroy all Divergents, she must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late.

INSURGENT will hit theaters in 2015.

Watts starred in David Lynch's 2001 psychological thriller Mulholland Drive, oppisote Justin Theroux and Laura Harring. The next year, she received public recognition for her participation in the box office hit horror film The Ring. In 2004, she received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress as well as for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her portrayal of Cristina Peck in Alejandro González Iñárritu's 2003 drama 21 Grams, alongside Sean Penn.

Other film roles include the 2005 remake of King Kong, the 2006 remake of The Painted Veil, the 2007 thriller Eastern Promises, and the 2009 thriller The International. In 2010, Watts portrayed Valerie Plame Wilson, opposite Sean Penn as Joe Wilson, in Fair Game. In 2012, Watts garnered Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Broadcast Film Critics Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for her role in The Impossible.

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