If not, the contracts would have to be renegotiated, and it would allow the actors a chance to jump ship.
Perhaps Woodley worked out a deal to be excused from her contract, but I’d imagine we’ll be hearing similar news of actors bailing on the YA series soon enough.
This news really isn’t surprising, as most have seen the writing on the wall since it was first announced that Ascendant would be becoming a TV movie.
She and other co-stars like Miles Teller were contracted to appear in one more film, and it was unclear if a TV movie still applied.