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Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment announce that the third Divergent movie, Allegiant, will be adapted into two films in 2016 and 2017.
Following the impressive opening weekend for Divergent last month, it was guaranteed that Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment would film the next two installments of author Veronica Roth’s source trilogy of novels, including Insurgent and Allegiant. Indeed, Insurgent already has director Robert Schwentke lined up and a release date scheduled for March 20, 2015.
However, it appears that Lionsgate and Summit were very happy with Divergent’s success, as it was announced Friday that the third book Allegiant would be adapted into two separate movies.
Following a trend that was first popularized by fellow Young Adult literature adaptation series, the Harry Potter franchise, and has since been utilized by Twilight and this November’s upcoming Part I approach to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, this divide will allow the Divergent franchise to carry into 2017.
Allegiant Part 1 is scheduled for March 18, 2016, and Allegiant Part 2 is due out March 24, 2017.
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger said in a statement, “Veronica Roth brings her captivating story to a masterful conclusion in Allegiant, a rich, action-packed book with material that is ideally suited to two strong and fulfilling movies. The storytelling arc and world of the characters lend themselves perfectly to two films, a storytelling strategy that has worked very well for us on the two Twilight Breaking Dawn films and about which we're tremendously enthusiastic for the two upcoming Mockingjay films of The Hunger Games franchise.”
Divergent opened to $54 million in its first weekend and has currently made $139 million worldwide. It is based on the bestselling Veronica Roth novel, and tells the story of Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley), a young girl raised in a dystopian collective in post-apocalyptic Chicago, one who is special…divergent. You can read our full review of the movie here.
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