With the recent news that Neil Burger - the director for Summit's upcoming Divergent adaptation - would not be returning to helm the sequel, the search is still on for a new director.  On the screenwriting front, however, Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) has been tapped to work on the follow-up film, Insurgent.  The first draft of the film was written by Brian Duffield (Jane Got a Gun).  Shooting on the adaptation of the second book in Veronica Roth's YA trilogy is scheduled to begin this spring.  Hit the jump for more.

THR reports that Goldsman will do some script work on Insurgent, due out March 20, 2015; the third film in the sequence, Allegiant, will debut March 18, 2016.  Goldsman's directorial debut, Winter's Tale, which he also adapted from the Mark Helprin novel, will open February 14th.

Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller, Maggie Q, Tony Goldwyn, Ashley Judd, and Kate Winslet, Divergent opens March 21st.  Watch the trailer below.

Divergent is a thrilling action-adventure set in a future world where people are divided into distinct factions based on their personalities. Tris Prior (Woodley) is warned she is Divergent 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. Divergent is based on the best-selling book series by Veronica Roth.