Back in 2011, when I was at Comic-Con covering The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Summit took the opportunity to introduce the writers for their upcoming projects in the middle of the press conference. Veronica Roth took the stage by herself and shyly answered a few questions about her recently released young adult novel Divergent, about a teenager in dystopian Chicago who tries to break free from a society that divides people based on human traits. No one had really heard of her or her book at the time, so most of us just waited patiently for the next group of vampires and werewolves to arrive.

Fast forward two years; Divergent remains on the YA best-seller list and is the highly anticipated first film of a trilogy that is already being compared to Hunger Games. Veronica is back at Comic-Con, this time joined by director Neil Burger and cast Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Zoe Kravitz, Maggie Q, Ansel Elgort, Mekhi Phifer, Ben Lamb, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Christian Madsen, and Amy Newbold.

The film just completed filming two days ago, so some of the footage they revealed truly had never been seen before. I couldn’t help but compare it to a Hunger Games, with its dark vibe and kids training in a bunker type facility, but after watching scenes of teens scaling the subways in Chicago, and jumping off trains and buildings, I was definitely intrigued and am adding the film to my watchlist.

I also can’t deny that they have a really strong cast. Shailene Woodley and Theo James have great chemistry, both on and off the screen, and Miles Teller is a name we will be hearing a lot in the near future.

For fans of the series, Veronica revealed the final book of trilogy would be told from two perspectives, Tris and Four. Divergent will be released in theaters on March 21, 2014.