
Summit Entertainment bought the rights in 2011 when the studio was nearing the end of its streak with the multibillion-dollar Twilight movies. The Divergent movies - based on Veronica Roth's trilogy - were supposed to be the next blockbuster young adult franchise. But as of now, it's safe to say that Divergent is as dead as it gets. Not just this, they got a plane to fly over Netflix’s headquarters in Los Angeles with a giant #SaveShadowhunters banner dawdling behind.In this world of remakes and reboots, it may be that nothing is actually dead forever. They further managed to pledge over $9,000 to The Trevor Project, an organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to the LGTBQ community under 25 years of age. Fans of the ‘Shadowhunters’ got over 1,00,000 signatures on a petition to save it from cancellation. Petition to save ‘Shadowhunters’Įven though ‘ Shadowhunters’ were around for only three seasons, it managed to garner a massive fan following. Based on The Infernal Devices trilogy, the adaptation will be available on BBC Three. Constantin Films and BBC Three have not confirmed the news either.Īccording to sources, a new The Shadowhunter Chronicles adaptation with Constantin Films is in the making. Cassandra Clare is yet to release a formal confirmation. However, it is not a ‘Shadowhunters’ spin-off. Based on “ The Infernal Devices” trilogy, the adaptation will be available on BBC Three. She further added that it is not a spin-off of ‘Shadowhunters’ in any way other than having related source material.Īccording to sources, a new “ The Shadowhunter Chronicles” adaptation with Constantin Films is in the making. Hence, this wasn’t in any way related to Freeform’s ‘Shadowhunters’ cancellation. She clarified that Constantin Films had the rights of the novels for a long time. “She is really clever and insightful and has worked on fantasy properties before, which I think is so important”.

In the Q & A, Clare revealed how she found out that TID had a writer for a pilot script, but couldn’t mention who she was. Last year, the author of “ The Mortal Instruments”, Cassandra Clare, did a Q&A on Tumblr and addressed the rumours of a possible ‘Shadowhunters’ spin-off. Related: Unhappy With How Things Ended, Fans Still In The Hunt For A Possible Shadowhunters Reboot Is ‘Shadowhunters’ getting a spin-off? Netflix made the decision, so we knew it wasn’t going to go to them”, “Netflix is the one who had it internationally and they are the ones that cancelled it. They recalled how it took them several months to understand what had actually gone on in terms of the contracts and the business, and what had gone awry.Ī post shared by Shadowhunters streaming giant had its international rights which they gave up and also cancelled the show.
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They told the newspaper how it was Netflix’s decision to remove ‘Shadowhunters’ and not Freeform’s. In an interview to “ Metro”, creators Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin also spoke about the cancellation of ‘Shadowhunters’.

The two-hour finale episode of the ‘Shadowhunters’ was based on the sixth and final instalment. The third season of ‘Shadowhunter’s was based on the fourth and fifth books of “ The Mortal Instruments”.

The final season had twelve episodes as opposed to its regular ten-episode season. But as big supporters and fans themselves, they insisted on a special two-part finale to give devoted fans a proper ending. However, along with their partners at Constantin, they reached the very difficult decision not to renew the show for a fourth season. In the statement, Freeform stated how proud they were of ‘Shadowhunters’ as it broke new ground in the genre world and became a fan-favourite.
