Given the aforementioned remarks from Lionsgate in December 2018, it seems like the conclusion to Roth's Divergent Series will never see the light of day. Allegiant, Part 2 and The Divergent Series: Ascendant will never be made. It's a bummer for longtime fans, but it came down to poor decisions from the studio.

Why was Ascendant Cancelled?

Lionsgate quickly moved to sign up Lee Toland Krieger for Ascendant and it seemed as though filming would begin as planned. But things soon started to go wrong when Allegiant underperformed on its opening weekend, leading to reports that Lionsgate were going to cut the budget for Ascendant as a result.

Is there going to be a 4th divergent movie?

And it's a shame, in a way, because there were three books, and it should have been three (movies). ... But at least Burger had the wherewithal to know doing the fourth film wasn't the best idea. That coupled with the franchise's diminishing critical and commercial reception led to Divergent 4 not moving forward.