On December 16, 2013, Summit Entertainment announced that the film adaptation of Allegiant would be released on March 18, 2016.[21] On April 11, 2014, Lionsgate announced that the film adaptation would be split into two films titled The Divergent Series: Allegiant and The Divergent Series: Ascendant. On July 9, 2014, Lionsgate recruited Noah Oppenheim to write the screenplay for Part 1.[22] Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Naomi Watts will reprise their roles.[23] On December 5, 2014, it was announced that Robert Schwentke, who directed The Divergent Series: Insurgent, would return to direct Allegiant.[24] Principal photography for The Divergent Series: Allegiant began in Atlanta on May 18, 2015.[25][26] The film was released to generally negative reviews from critics, and was a box office disappointment, grossing only $179 million worldwide against a $142 million budget.
Ascendant was to have had a release date of June 9, 2017.[27][28] After the poor performance of Allegiant at the box office, it was announced it would be created as a television film, followed by a television spinoff series.[29][30] However, in February 2017, after it was announced that the fourth film would be a television project, Woodley backed out of her starring role.[31]
In December of 2018, both the TV movie and series were canceled.
