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"  The final film in the Divergent trilogy will be released in two parts.  Deadline confirmed today that Allegiant, the final book in Veronica Roth&amp;#039;s dystopian young adult book trilogy, will be adapted into two films. This replicates the pattern established first by the Harry Potter series, and later Twilight and The Hunger Games. &amp;quot;Veronica Roth brings her captivating story to a masterful conclusion in Allegiant, a rich, action-packed book with material that is ideally suited to two strong and fulfilling movies,&amp;quot; said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger. &amp;quot;The storytelling arc and world of the characters lend themselves perfectly to two films, a storytelling strategy that has worked very well for us on the two Twilight: Breaking Dawn films and about which we&amp;#039;re tremendously enthusiastic for the two upcoming Mockingjay films of The Hunger Games franchise.&amp;quot; The second installment Insurgent will begin filming in May, and is set for a 2015 release. Allegiant Part 1 is currently slated for release on March 18, 2016, with Part 2 following a year later on March 24, 2017. The films will reportedly be produced separately, rather than back-to-back.  Divergent debuted at number one at the US box office a fortnight ago, and has made $116 million at the domestic box office.  The film was less successful upon its UK debut, opening in fourth place and underperforming compared to Twilight and The Hunger Games&amp;#039; opening weekends. Photo credit: Europa Press      Via Digital Spy "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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