The New York Times best-selling novel Divergent may be turned into a video game. Summit Entertainment, the company producing a film based on the novel, has filed a trademark to create games based on the series.
Divergent takes place in a post-apocalyptic Chicago. Society is now organized into five factions with radically different values. The book stars Beatrice "Tris" Prior, a teenager who finds she doesn't quite belong with any of the factions. The young adult target demographic and dystopian premise has drawn a lot of comparisons to Hunger Games.
Summit Entertainment also filed a trademark for creating merchandise around the novel's sequel, Insurgent. That trademark includes video games. Presumably they'll file another mark for the third novel after its title is announced.
A trademark doesn't necessarily mean that a video game is in development. They might just be trying to prevent other companies from doing the same. Still, the possibility is there.
The film based on Divergent will supposedly enter pre-production within the next few months. Any games inspired by the novel would presumably be released in close proximity so as to maximize cross-promotion.
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