Jaden Thompson Veronica Roth, the author of the popular dystopian YA series “Divergent,” isn’t upset that the final film adaptation in the franchise never came to fruition, she revealed in a new interview with People.
The final book “Allegiant” was set to be split into two films, with the first releasing in 2016; the second part, however, never made it to the big screen.
Roth said she that she has accepted this fact, given that she felt the films were going in a different direction than her novels. “I mean, breaking things in two was all the rage at the time.
That was why that decision was made,” Roth said. “But at that point, I think I always felt peace about it just because I knew the movies were taking a different track than the books, and if you change the lead up, you change the ending.
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