Ascendant TV Movie Will Lead Into Divergent Series on Starz
After dwindling box office returns, Lionsgate made the surprising move last summer to yank the finalDivergentmovie,Ascendant, from theaters, instead opting to air it as aTV moviethat leads into a new spin-off series, and now it finally has a new home. Lionsgate’s new TV subsidiary Starz, which the studio purchased last year for a whopping $4.4 billion, will be developingAscendant, which is still in the very early stages at this time, although the writer and director who were originally working on the final movie, are still aboard the project....