With news that "Divergent: Ascendant" motion picture is being made for TV rather than a dramatic or theatrical release, large portions of its original cast team have expressed their discouragement and loss of interest in pursuing the project.
Lead star Shailene Woodley, who plays the show's lead actress Tris Prior, said she was startled by Lionsgate's declaration about making "Divergent: Ascendant" into a TV motion picture. As indicated by Screen Rant, the performing artist got some answers concerning the studio's decision from the press and that she wasn't informed personally.
"Last I heard they were attempting to make it into a TV program. I didn't join to be in a network show," Woodley expressed. "Out of regard to the studio and everybody included, they may have altered their decision and might accomplish something else, however I'm not really keen on doing a TV program."
Woodley's "Divergent" co-star Miles Teller additionally was unhappy too with Lionsgate choice to change gears and pick a TV motion picture release of "Divergent: Ascendant."
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"We as a whole signed on for it with the expectation that it'd be shown in theaters, and we as a whole had each aim of completing [the franchise]," Teller told The Hollywood Reporter. "It got every one of us off guard."
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It was Ansel Elgort's announcement, in any case, that inferred that whatever remains of the "Divergent" cast team are not excited in repeating their parts in a TV film adaption. Elgort said it is disheartening that they couldn't say an appropriate farewell to each other as they were all hoping to chip away at a "Divergent: Ascendant" film. From this perspective, it is apparent that even Theo James, who's going to show up in the up and coming "Underworld: Blood Wars," is likewise not returning as Four.
