It didn't seem possible, but the Divergent series has found yet another way to crib off The Hunger Games.

Allegiant, the third book in Veronica Roth's derivative young adult trilogy, will be split into two films, Summit/Lionsgate announced Friday. That's exactly what the studio did for the Twilight series and Hunger Games (and the same as Warner Bros. did for Harry Potter and The Hobbit).

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The final two Allegiant films starring Shailene Woodley as Tris (the Katniss Everdeen character) will be released March 18, 2016 and March 24, 2017, respectively. Divergent scored a $54.6 million domestic opening in March, and is up to $139 million worldwide in three weeks. That's a less-than-spectacular result, but good enough to justify the further extension of the franchise.

Summit/Lionsgate first caught the double-dip bug when it turned the fourth Twilight Saga book into two films; the finale grossed more than $800 million worldwide. The studio followed that up by announcing that Mockingjay – third in the Hunger Games series that clearly inspired Divergent – would be sliced neatly into two films.

Of course, to hear Lionsgate executives tell it in their statement Friday, Allegiant is so epic that it warrants two films on creative merits alone.

“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,” said Lionsgate motion-picture group co-chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger. “The storytelling arc and world of the characters lend themselves perfectly to two films.”

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