A reboot of The Maze Runner franchise is now in development at 20th Century Studios with original director Wes Ball onboard, though as a producer.
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Summary
- 20th Century Studios is rebooting
The Maze Runner
franchise with a new adaptation in the works. - The movie is being described as a ”
sort of continuation
” of the original trilogy with previous director Wes Ball onboard as a producer. -
Transcendence
scribe Jack Paglen is in talks to write the script for the reboot.
Nearly 10 years after the previous adaptation trilogy first launched, 20th Century Studios is developing a reboot of The Maze Runner franchise.
The Hollywood Reporter has brought word that the studio has entered the early stages of development on The Maze Runner reboot. The new adaptation is said to be in talks with Transcendence scribe Jack Paglen to write the script for the movie, with original director Wes Ball returning as a producer alongside original trilogy producers Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lee Stollman of Gotham Group and Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen of Temple Hill. Sources report that the movie will neither be a redo or sequel to the original trilogy, but instead be a “sort of continuation” that will also feature “the elements that made the first movie connect with its audience.”
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Source: THR
The Maze Runner
Conceived as a book series by author James Dashner, The Maze Runner is a sci-fi multimedia franchise that gained mainstream popularity after the release of its first of three films. The series focuses on a group of young men trapped in a maze with no knowledge of life outside their strange prison. The survivors, led by protagonist Thomas, attempt to piece together their shattered memories and find a way out of the towering maze.
- Created by
- James Dashner
- Cast
- Dylan O’Brien , Kaya Scodelario , Thomas Brodie-Sangster , will poulter , Patricia Clarkson , Giancarlo Esposito , Aidan Gillen , Ki Hong Lee , Barry Pepper , Walton Goggins , Nathalie Emmanuel
- Character(s)
- Thomas (Maze Runner) , Teresa (Maze Runner) , Newt (Maze Runner) , Minho (Maze Runner) , Frypan (Maze Runner) , Ava Paige