When news broke that Lionsgate had mapped out plans to repackage The Divergent Series for a TV finale, a fair portion of the franchise’s fanbase were understandably peeved.
Three films into the dystopian tentpole and with Ascendant tentatively pegged for 2017 release, it was the departure of director Robert Schwentke that ruffled feathers as the first sign of trouble. Some months later, and after the studio officially opted to shift its Ya series to the small screen, lead stars Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley started to cast doubt over whether they would see out Divergent to the end now that Lionsgate is angling its blockbuster for another medium.
A TV finale, one that arguably sends the cult franchise out on a whimper rather than a bang, wasn’t part of their initial contracts, after all, and while doing the press rounds for Oliver Stone’s Oscar-tipped Snowden, Woodley reaffirmed that she’s harboing some apprehensions.
Three films into the dystopian tentpole and with Ascendant tentatively pegged for 2017 release, it was the departure of director Robert Schwentke that ruffled feathers as the first sign of trouble. Some months later, and after the studio officially opted to shift its Ya series to the small screen, lead stars Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley started to cast doubt over whether they would see out Divergent to the end now that Lionsgate is angling its blockbuster for another medium.
A TV finale, one that arguably sends the cult franchise out on a whimper rather than a bang, wasn’t part of their initial contracts, after all, and while doing the press rounds for Oliver Stone’s Oscar-tipped Snowden, Woodley reaffirmed that she’s harboing some apprehensions.
- 9/9/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
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