During the day, designated Runners search the Maze for an escape route and return before nightfall when the entrance closes. The boy learns that a vast Maze surrounding them is the only way out. The 'Gladers' have formed a rudimentary society, and each assumes specialized tasks. A third and final film, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, was released on January 26, 2018.Ī teenage boy wakes up inside an underground elevator with no memory of his identity, and greeted by several male youths in a large grass area, called the 'Glade,' enclosed by tall stone walls. A sequel, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, was released on September 18, 2015, in the United States. The film earned over $348 million worldwide at the box office, against its budget of $34 million.

The film was first at the box office in its opening weekend, grossing $32.5 million, making it the seventh-highest-grossing debut in September. Critics considered it to be better than most young adult book-to-film adaptations. The film received positive reviews, with praise for the performances and tone. The Maze Runner was released on September 19, 2014, in the United States by 20th Century Fox. Principal photography began in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on and officially concluded on July 12, 2013. In 2012, Ball was hired to direct the film adaptation after presenting a 3D computer-animated short film titled Ruin with a similar tone and was initially considered for a feature-length adaptation.

The story follows sixteen-year-old Thomas, portrayed by O'Brien, who awakens in a rusty elevator with no memory of who he is, only to learn that he has been delivered to the middle of an intricate maze, along with many other boys, who have been trying to find their way out of the ever-changing labyrinth – all while establishing a functioning society in what they call the Glade.ĭevelopment of The Maze Runner began in January 2011 when Fox purchased the film rights to Dashner's novel with Gotham Group, Temple Hill Entertainment, TSG Entertainment as producers and Catherine Hardwicke intended to direct. The film stars Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Will Poulter, and Patricia Clarkson. The film is the first installment in The Maze Runner film series and was produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, and Lee Stollman with a screenplay by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, and T.S. The Maze Runner is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction film directed by Wes Ball, in his directorial debut, based on James Dashner's 2009 novel of the same name.

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