Today we learned that the last movie in the franchise will potentially be turned into a TV movie as well as a series. This is obviously due to the flop that part one Allegiant was in theaters. Now, I've read all of the books and absolutely loved Divergent and Insurgent. But, when it came to watching them in theaters, I would say the hype died down with each one.
Divergent was great. It was filmed very closely to what took place in the book, only leaving out minor details. Insurgent, not so much seeing as chunks of character development were left out. Allegiant was made as if they were trying to fit the whole book in one movie and the book was barely followed. Now, there were certain parts of the movie that I did like. Would I say it's my favorite of the series so far? No, no I wouldn't. But I think turning the last part into a TV movie is only setting it up for failure. I don't forsee any of the franchise characters signing on for that, at least not the main characters. And a series? I think that idea should be left on the table. If the movies have only gone down in value, why would a TV show do better?
Supposedly, nothing is set in stone yet. So we'll see what happens as the year goes on, or as the film's cast begin to drop out of the project altogether. I just hope that the people at Lionsgate know what they're doing.
You can read more about this fiasco here.
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