Will There Ever Be A Divergent 4?

Robert Schwentke took the helm for the sequel, called Insurgent, with the story following Tris and her boyfriend Four being pursued by Jeanine and the rest of her faction. Did we mention Kate Winslet is the villain hunting our plucky hero? The series definitely didn't make the most of having her onboard. Either way, the sequel's debut suggested that audiences weren't quite sold on another 'chosen-one' styled franchise so soon after The Hunger Games had wrapped up its four-film arc: It made roughly the same profit as the first film, scraping in $297 million on a $110 million budget, but critics weren't as kind this time around. Insurgent was blasted for being too generic, with Empire's Helen O'Hara praising Shailene Woodley's performance but calling the plot "one-note." 

However, because Insurgent was filmed back-to-back with the next installment, Allegiant, the franchise continued to stumble on ... albeit briefly.

By the time Allegiant arrived in 2016, audiences were barely interested in the Divergent series, and its story — which now involved the outside world, and the secrets behind the walled-off cities. Allegiant was a disappointing flop, making just $179 million worldwide. The next film, titled Ascendant, looked to be in trouble, but for months after Allegiant's debut, the fourth chapter seemed to be going ahead — that was, until Variety reported the film would instead debut as a TV movie with a spin-off series also in the works. Hardly the best way to finish off a franchise.