THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ASCENDANT MOVIE DETAILS

Divergent Series: Ascendant - Why The Final Movie Was Canceled The Divergent Series: Ascendant was supposed khổng lồ wrap up the franchise with a TV movie. Here is why the final Divergent movie was canceled.

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The Divergent Series: Ascendant was supposed to wrap up the sci-fi saga but was eventually abandoned, & here is why that cancellation occurred. Following the huge success of The Hunger Games franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence, there was a short-lived fad of movie adaptations of young adult sci-fi novels. These included The Maze Runner trilogy & The Divergent Series. Based on the best-selling YA novels by Veronica Roth, the Divergent series featured a great cast of up-and-coming actors, including Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Zoe Kravitz, và Bill Skarsgard. The series is set in a futuristic society where people are divided into factions based on their virtues: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite.

The main character Beatrice "Tris" Prior (Shailene Woodley) learns she is a Divergent — meaning she has multiple attributes and will never fit into just one faction. This forces her to conceal her status and avoid becoming a target. Divergent"s chất lượng premise was well-received both by critics and at the box office. However, while Divergent và its sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent were solid hits, they did not reach the same heights as The Hunger Games, và the future of the franchise was inevitably put into question following the underwhelming performance of The Divergent Series: Allegiant in 2016.

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Supposedly, the franchise would have ended with a fourth film in 2017, but after the financial disappointment of The Divergent Series: Allegiant, the plans lớn wrap up the saga shifted khổng lồ a TV movie The Divergent Series: Ascendant, in lieu of a theatrical conclusion. This would have introduced new characters & set up a television series revolving around storylines no longer found in the books. Unfortunately, those plans did not come lớn fruition, so what happened?

The Divergent Series: Ascendant TV Movie Was A Response to lớn The Box-Office Of Allegiant

Prior to lớn the release of The Divergent Series: Allegiant, there were already signs that the general public"s interest in the franchise was waning. The second movie only topped the original"s total gross by a tiny margin, and audience interest in YA movies in general appeared to be shrinking rapidly. This downward trend was confirmed by the poor box office of Allegiant, which grossed less than $180 million worldwide, a staggeringly low sum compared khổng lồ the almost $300 million Insurgent made the year before.

Since The Divergent Series: Allegiant split the final book in Roth’s trilogy into two films, the final movie"s production was supposed khổng lồ begin after its predecessor hit theaters. The meager financial returns of Allegiant halted those plans, và in July 2016, it was announced that a TV movie would instead wrap up the story. The cast response to lớn this was far from enthusiastic, with Shailene Woodley stating she did not sign up for a TV movie & doubted she would return. Co-stars Theo James và Miles Teller later ruled out a TV movie return too.

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None of the Divergent cast was interested in making the jump from three big-budget blockbusters lớn a TV movie, let alone one that acted as a pilot for a potential series. Although Woodley wanted khổng lồ return to complete Tris’ story, she only expressed willingness for a theatrical movie. The actress later admitted how disappointed she was with the saga"s ending that she even considered quitting acting entirely. This similar lack of interest from the original cast eventually killed The Divergent Series: Ascendant in 2018, after years of development. Cast members lượt thích Teller and Kravitz were already moving on lớn bigger roles và projects, so the odds of convincing them to lớn return were always slim.

After all, while The Divergent Series: Ascendant would have provided closure lớn the story, making it a TV movie would have been an acknowledgment the series had failed on the big screen. If anything, this reveals how the fans were shortchanged of a fitting conclusion khổng lồ the franchise và proves The Divergent Series: Allegiant should not have split the final book in two.

The Divergent Series" Possible Future

With multiple new streaming services popping up in just the years since Allegiant was released, Hollywood"s hunger for new nội dung does not look to lớn be abating anytime soon. While it seems like The Divergent Series: Ascendant is unlikely lớn ever be revived as a project, Hollywood loves a known brand name with an established fan hâm mộ base, and it will be difficult to imagine the Divergent franchise not returning to lớn the screen in some khung down the line. So, even though Summit Entertainment, which owns the rights to lớn the franchise, will not be reviving the sci-fi saga anytime soon, that does not mean that the property will be dead forever. After all, the Divergent movies were still profitable, making over $765 million worldwide.

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