Some upsetting news for fans of Divergent. According to MStars News, neither Shailene Woodley nor Theo James will return for the movie franchise’s planned TV series.
Last year, it was reported the film franchise would wrap up its final installment, Ascendant, as a possible TV movie or show. Based on the book series by Veronica Roth, Divergent stars Shailene Woodley as Beatrice Prior, a young woman who lives in a dystopian society split into factions. The cast also includes Theo James, Ashley Judd, Ray Stevenson, and Ansel Elgort.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Woodley confirmed she would not be joining the Divergent TV series. Now, TooFab is reporting Theo James will also not be returning for Divergent: Ascendant. What this means for the planned TV project is unclear. No further details have been released.
What do you think? Are you a Divergent fan? Would you watch a TV series without Woodley and James?
I am so upset with LionGate, you do not go 3 movies into a series and not finish It! It will make me think twice in getting invested into another Liongate series in the future. BAD business move!
Well said! From this point forward I will look at every movie that has Lionsgate stamped on it and I’ll think twice before ever watching a movie or purchasing it again! This has been a debacle of epic proportions. You should’ve finished the series for every person that has been watching across the world. Not to mention all of the hard work that each and everyone of the actors put into making the first three series. Lionsgate owed it to them to finish the fourth and final episode. They also owed it to every fan across the world! Truly disappointed… Read more »
Bloody stupid doing a TV series without the main stars. I started watching the series as I liked both the main actors. Without these two stars they may aswell have the last film as the conclusion. I shall not be watching a dumb tv series! Without these stars! Shame on lion gate! Audience’s paying to see these movies and then not finishing what they started!!
I hope that Shailene and Theo would change their mind. This is the last movie. They started the movie so they should finish it. Please . The story was so nice. I made a webpage for divergent because I am so a fan to it. And I hope that the movie would be finish. Thanks 🙂
Making the final movie a TV movie is completely idiotic idea. Whoever came up with the idea should be fired. And to think this ridiculous idea has pretty much cost them all the main actors…..smh
channel surfing one evening and saw divergent was on. never heard of it but chose it and was able to get bits of it while attending to my boys. i was intrigued. ended up buying the first 3. lets just say my fiance has threatened to hide them because that is all i have watched in the past week. If theo and shailene won’t be in the last movie, i won’t go see it nor buy it. i will be really disappointed. to me, its not the same with different characters in the last. i LOVE the chemistry between the… Read more »
I am okay if they replace new cast members for Ascendant. That is what they should do. I want that movie to be made and premiere on television on June 9.
I truly believe,as their audience “Lionsgate’s” & the “Leads” in the Divergent series movies.. they owe us the last movie! It is the most unprofessional thing to do! We support them, without “us” no “them”! I hope they start to figure that out & stop puting a dollar amount on EVERYTHING done in Hollywood! I’m so over it… I believe they all, including Shailene & Theo, have forgot what it was like to be part of the amazing story & the talent that comes from each role their craft takes them to learn more & more & to remember why… Read more »
I stopped after the first paragraph. I just couldn’t. From the little I’ve read, I can tell your attitude is what’s wrong with people’s perception of Hollywood today; they don’t “owe” us anything. You are entitled to nothing. You did not enter into a contract with them, nor did you pay them in advance. The actors signed contracts to film blockbuster movies to be released in theaters based on a YA series. The studios have not held up their end of the bargain, so the actors are not obligated to do so either. Doing TV is beneath them at this… Read more »
I am disappointed that there will not be a final movie. I feel that Lionsgate screwd the fans and the actors. I have not gone to a Lionsgate film or purchased any of their dvds since they made their decision to not do the final film 8 months ago.
The Divergant series is one of my all time favorites and i have been waiting for the last installment Ascendant, now I’m completely dissapointed to see it may never happen. I can understand the stars not wanting to do a tv series but i don’t get the big deal about a tv movie, it would still be a feature length movie, it just wouldn’t get all the big screen attention but being the last installment didn’t do so well in box offices i can kinda understand their direction with this. I want to see this final film and i want… Read more »
At this point Lionsgate should just do one of two things either postponed the movie to 2018 in March and try to bring back the original/ main actors back to the project and put on the big screen or just stop with the movie. Because at this point if they continue with it being released in June and your 2 main actors just quit, you will be disappointing tons of fans and they’ll lose tons more money. So they should quit being so stupid and do what will make the fans happy by trying to bring back the rights stars… Read more »
Lionsgate – I am so disgusted that you ruined this movie series by ensuring the stars wouldn’t return for the final movie by making it a TV Movie instead. If you would have just followed the books, the third movie would have been the final movie. Instead, some greedy execs decided to make two movies out of the last book and now, we the fans get burned. Thanks for nothing, Lionsgate.
I get burned every time I look at the TV.
No, thanks. I would still watch The Divergent Series: Ascendant being made into a movie instead of a TV movie. Which is why they won’t be back because they wanted Ascendant to be a movie, not a TV movie, right? Ascendant is supposed to be The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Part 2 and the fourth and final instalment. I would’ve liked The Divergent Series: Ascendant to be made into a movie as part 2. Lionsgate, please consider about making Ascendant into a movie in order to make Shailene Woodley and Theo James change their minds.
Nice. I will definitely remember that When I a new trilogy or quadrilogy appears… I will look at my incomplete Divergent blu-ray series on my shelf and decide if I will waste my money and my time on it.
Exactly…..what a waste of an investment. I have followed the series all the way through and could not wait to get to the fourth. Only to find out there is it going to be a fourth one. Oh no they’re going to do it on some shabby TV show without the main characters. Well screw you Lions-gate! Screw all the fans across the world that’s been waiting for the fourth movie to come out and screw you for taking something amazing and wanting to turn it into a crappy TV series without the main characters. I will watch anything but… Read more »
I ❤ DIVERGENT!! OK? IDK WHY THE STARRING MOVIE COUPLE WONT COME BACK. I WAS SUPER EXCITED FOR ASCENDANT. I FREAKING MARKED MY CALENDAR
They won’t come back because they’re not going to be making it into a movie. They want to put it on TV as a series.
That is not what they signed up for and as someone who’s been following this movie for years that’s not what I signed up for either. Lionsgate can kiss my ass!
An absolute disgrace by Lionsgate. They needed to make the 4th movie, not a TV series, and they needed at least Shailene Woodley and Theo James. I won’t watch it. Nobody should. it won’t make any sense. Lionsgate people needed to be fired because of this mess. None were.
“nobody should watch it “who are you to tell anybody what to do. All you do is complain about low Tv ratings and that they should cancel this or that show on this website. But now you have a problem about not getting to see something like. Very funny.
Leave worthymagic alone, Dia also D! I agree. They needed to make The Divergent Series: Ascendant into a movie, not a TV series. Lionsgate is making a mistake about turning Ascendant into a TV series instead of a movie.
I’m not at them about the movie series I’m at them for always talking about the ratings on this website and saying shows should cancelled all the time. I could care less about movies. if you would see all the other comments ranting about low ratings and cancelling shows… you’ll see what I mean. All I hear them talk about is cancel this show cancel that show but he won’t this movie to be made that’s the point I’m trying to make.They should understand how others feel when a show they like get cancelled instead of saying they should be… Read more »
If you don’t get the point I’m making about them always going on about cancelling shows all the time and low ratings, forget you. Defend someone who want a show that you probably like cancelled. For someone who wants this movie made shouldn’t be going about cancelling shows all the time. They should understand how others on here feel when a show they like is gone.
You’re wrong. I hate every TV series getting cancelled all the time.