While it may not have overtaken The Hunger Games financially or popularity wise, The Maze Runner did manage to carve out a nice place for itself in the dystopian teen science fiction landscape when it was released in 2014. 2015 followed up with Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, and the third and final chapter, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, is set to drop in February of 2017. Production suffered a serious set back, though, when star Dylan O.Brien was seriously injured in an on-set accident last month. But according to a new report, the 24-year-old actor is healing well and is scheduled to return to the set soon. When Dylan O.Brien was hurt in March, the Vancouver B.C.-based production on Maze Runner: The Death Cure was immediately shut down indefinitely. EW recently spoke to co-star Giancarlo Esposito, who said that O.Brien is "healing nicely," and filming is now...
- 4/5/2016
- cinemablend.com
The only slightly original element of the first film — the Maze — is gone, and now we’re in not simply a generic afterscape but every sci-fi afterscape. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There was one thing about The Maze Runner that was ever so slightly original: the enormous and mysterious Maze that its cast of Lord of the Flies refugees was imprisoned in. It was a little bit of something fresh in a movie environment that lives off regurgitating everything that’s come before… although even here, you had to squint a little so as not to see the shades of Lost and The Hunger Games and half a dozen other better iterations of similar ideas.
But now, in its sequel, The Scorch Trials, we don’t...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There was one thing about The Maze Runner that was ever so slightly original: the enormous and mysterious Maze that its cast of Lord of the Flies refugees was imprisoned in. It was a little bit of something fresh in a movie environment that lives off regurgitating everything that’s come before… although even here, you had to squint a little so as not to see the shades of Lost and The Hunger Games and half a dozen other better iterations of similar ideas.
But now, in its sequel, The Scorch Trials, we don’t...
- 9/11/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
The Maze Was Just The Beginning. It's time to go back. Fox has debuted the first trailer for Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, the sequel from young filmmaker Wes Ball. Following up the impressive Maze Runner movie from last year, Ball has been going much bigger in scale, much more post-apocalyptic epic for this one and we finally get a glimpse at the world. The cast is back along with newcomers including: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Barry Pepper, Lili Taylor and Patricia Clarkson. I'm really, really looking forward to this! It looks quite good. Enjoy! Here's the first trailer for Wes Ball's Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, direct from Fox's YouTube: Maze Runner: Scorch Trials is directed by Wes Ball and written by T.S. Nowlin, both returning from The Maze Runner. Based on James Dashner's best-selling book series, the sequel finds...
- 5/19/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“The Maze Runner” is yet another young adult novel-turned-movie blockbuster that has capitalized on the trend of having teens in precarious, deadly, post-apocalyptic situations. The film made tons of money at the box office–$163.4 million worldwide, according to CinemaBlend–so of course, a sequel is in the works. You might be a person who is over all of these Ya post-apocalyptic adaptations, but when you see who has just been cast in “The Maze Runner” sequel, you just might be on board (especially if you’re a fan of “Breaking Bad” or “Once Upon a Time”). The Hollywood Reporter states that Giancarlo Esposito, a fan-favorite actor from ABC’s”Once Upon a Time,” AMC’s [ Read More ]
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- 10/5/2014
- by monique
- ShockYa
The Maze Runner was a surprise hit . a $34-million adaptation of a popular Ya book that (to date) has banked $163.4 million in worldwide ticket sales. The studio always had plans for a sequel, and now that the first film has established an audience, the second movie is beginning its casting with some exciting choices. Breaking Bad and Once Upon a Time co-star Giancarlo Esposito has agreed to join the Maze Runner sequel, The Scorch Trials, for 20th Century Fox, THR reports. Esposito will play Jorge, described as the leader of a group known as the Cranks who encounters a gang of teenagers led by Dylan O.Brien.s character, Thomas, at the end of the first film. Stop reading now if you haven.t yet seen The Maze Runner and still plan to. At the end of The Maze Runner, Thomas leads a band of survivors out of a massive...
- 10/3/2014
- cinemablend.com
With 20th Century Fox moving very quickly on The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials to capitalize on the first film's surprise success at the box office, casting has been shooting higher than the first film which featured almost no major names. In addition to Game Of Thrones actor Aiden Gillen joining last week, we now have the addition of Breaking Bad and Once Upon A Time actor Giancarlo Esposito. The Hollywood Reporter says Esposito will play Jorge, a leader of a group of survivors known...
- 10/3/2014
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Whoever is casting Fox’s Maze Runner franchise, has clearly been watching all the same TV shows we have. The latest new face to join the sequel The Scorch Trials is Giancarlo Esposito, who is currently best known for his villainous turn on AMC’s Breaking Bad. Previously, the sequel also welcomed Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones), Rosa […]
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- 10/3/2014
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
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