Luke Owen charts some of the box office flops 2016… Movie screenings were up, but the box office figures for 2016 are down on last year. Granted, we didn’t see a release like Star Wars: The Force Awakens (which grossed $1 billion domestically and $2 billion worldwide), but big titles like Batman v Superman: Dawn […]
Shailene Woodley not interested in Divergent TV show
Off the back of an underwhelming box office run for The Divergent Series: Allegiant, Lionsgate announced back in July that it had scrapped its plans for a theatrical release for the fourth and final chapter, Ascendant, instead opting to go down the television route to finish the YA adaptation with a TV movie (and a […]
Budget slashed on final Divergent film after Allegiant flops at the box office
After the runaway success of many YA adaptations over the last few years, it was just a matter of time before their appeal died down and after The Divergent Series: Allegiant opened to poor box-office last weekend, it seems the strain is well and truly showing on the sub-genre. Debuting last week, Lionsgate’s third Divergent […]
Movie Review – The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)
The Divergent Series: Allegiant, 2016. Directed by Robert Schwentke. Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Naomi Watts, Jeff Daniels, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Zoe Kravitz, Jonny Weston, Keiynan Lonsdale, Maggie Q, Daniel Dae Kim, Octavia Spencer, Bill Skarsgard, Nadia Hilker, Mekhi Phifer, Ray Stevenson, and Ashley Judd. SYNOPSIS: After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris must […]
Divergent two-part finale renamed Allegiant and Ascendant
In the wake of this year’s Insurgent, the two final films in the Divergent series have been renamed – penultimate entry Allegiant after Veronica Roth’s final book and finale Ascendant a completely new name. SEE ALSO: The Divergent Series: Insurgent opens to $101 million worldwide SEE ALSO: Interview: Theo James on The Divergent Series: Insurgent […]
