The Maze Runner Motion pictures are Operating In direction of a Reboot

It’s now been 5 years since Disney purchased twentieth Century Fox, and we’re lastly seeing that actually repay on the film facet. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is hitting theaters subsequent week, Alien: Romulus and Deadpool & Wolverine are later this summer time. What Fox films are due subsequent for a comeback? The Maze Runner collection, naturally.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, twentieth Century Studios is seeking to reboot the YA sci-fi films for a brand new era. Heading up these efforts is author Jack Paglen, finest recognized for 2014’s si-fi thriller Transcendence starring Johnny Depp. Sources talking to THR declare the reboot will look to proceed the unique story whereas additionally returning to the roots of that authentic movie.

In case you’ve forgotten, the unique Maze Runner—directed by Wes Ball, who’s helming Kingdom (and finally Legend of Zelda), and can produce this new flick—launched in 2014 and was primarily based on the dystopian YA books written by James Dashner. Dylan O’Brien starred as an amnesiac child named Thomas who awoke in up in a giant grass space dwelling to different boys that’s additionally surrounded by a large maze. Deeply curious and unable to shake that one thing was happening, Thomas labored to uncover the maze’s secrets and techniques and discover a means for him and the opposite Gladers to flee.

The Maze Runner franchise was one in every of many making an attempt to chase after Starvation Video games and Twilight cash, and ended up succeeding. Its first film made $348.3 million (towards a $34 million price range), and its two sequels—2015’s Scorch Trials and 2018’s Loss of life Remedy—had been equally massive at $312.3 million and $288.2 million, respectively. (The latter movie was infamously delayed after O’Brien was hospitalized for critical accidents and needed to recuperate).

Not lengthy after the merger accomplished, Disney confirmed it’d finally spin up new Maze Runner films. As an alternative of pulling a Starvation Video games and doing a film or two primarily based on the beforehand launched prequel books The Kill Order and Fever Code, it seems to be like Disney’s determined to start out anew. Rebooting not-that-old YA fare seems to be the transfer these days, if Twilight and (arguably) Percy Jackson are any indication. The unique Maze films had been fairly enjoyable, stable movies, so right here’s hoping the identical is true of this reboot at any time when it runs into theaters.

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