![]() ![]() What's more frustrating for its tens of fans, the story ended on a cliffhanger.ĭuring the post– Harry Potter boom, there were a number of YA book-to-film adaptations that fizzled at the box office, resulting in either one movie ( The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Beautiful Creatures) or two movies ( Percy Jackson).īut there has been nothing quite like the spectacular flameout of Divergent. ![]() Now, a spokesperson for Starz, which is owned by Lionsgate, tells BuzzFeed News that a continuation of the franchise is no longer in active development. Lionsgate even increased Divergent's budget, from $40 million to $85 million. The combined studio would be betting on Divergent as its next book-to-screen success, and it seemed like a slam dunk. The next year, when Summit itself was bought by Lionsgate, that meant that The Hunger Games studio had bought the Twilight studio, merging the two companies that had led the YA boom. ![]() Summit Entertainment bought the rights in 2011 when the studio was nearing the end of its streak with the multibillion-dollar Twilight movies. The Divergent movies - based on Veronica Roth's trilogy - were supposed to be the next blockbuster young adult franchise. But as of now, it's safe to say that Divergent is as dead as it gets. ![]() In this world of remakes and reboots, it may be that nothing is actually dead forever. ![]()
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