Running time 113 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $34 million Box office $348.3 million The Maze Runner is a 2014 American directed by, in his, based on 's 2009. The film is the first installment in and was produced by,, Marty Bowen, and Lee Stollman with a screenplay by, Grant Pierce Myers, and. The film stars,,,,,, and. 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 he's been delivered to the middle of an intricate maze, along with a large number of 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. Development of The Maze Runner began in January 2011 when purchased the film rights to Dashner's novel with film studios and. Began in on May 13, 2013 and officially concluded on July 12, 2013. The Maze Runner was released on September 19, 2014 in the United States. Critics considered it to be better than most young adult book-to-film adaptations. The Death Cure is a young-adult dystopian science-fiction novel and the third and final book in The Maze Runner Trilogy written by James Dashner. Sep 01, 2015 Director Wes Ball has revealed that The Maze Runner 3 will change things up from the books by jumping ahead an entire year. The film topped the box-office during its opening weekend with a $32.5 million debut, making it the seventh-highest grossing debut in September. The film earned over $348 million worldwide at the box-office, against its budget of $34 million. A sequel,, was released on September 18, 2015 in the United States. A third and final film,, will be released on January 26, 2018. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] A teenager wakes up inside an underground elevator with no memory of his identity. A group of male youths greet him in a large grassy area called the 'Glade' enclosed by tall, stone walls. The boys ('Gladers') have formed a rudimentary society with each assuming specialized tasks. Their leader, Alby, says that every boy eventually recalls his name but not his past. The boy learns that a vast Maze surrounding them may be the only way out. During the day, designated Runners search the Maze for an escape route, returning before nightfall when the entrance closes. While in a competition with another boy named Gally, the boy suddenly remembers his name: Thomas. The next day, he is attacked by Ben, a Runner who has been stung by a Griever – deadly techno-organic creatures that roam the Maze at night. Ben is forced into the Maze and left to die, as there is no cure for his injury. Alby and Minho, the lead Runner, later retrace Ben's steps inside the Maze. Minho reappears at dusk dragging Alby, who is stung, but they are unable to reach the closing entrance in time. Thomas runs into the Maze to help, leaving all three trapped. Thomas lures a Griever into a closing passageway, causing it to be crushed. The trio manages to survive the night, returning the next morning. The first-ever girl arrives in the elevator. She recognizes Thomas, though he cannot remember her. Thomas, Minho, and others enter the Maze, locate the Griever corpse, and remove a beeping mechanical device from inside it. Gally claims Thomas has jeopardized the fragile peace between the youths and the Grievers and wants him punished, but Newt, the group's second-in-command, instead designates Thomas as a Runner. Minho shows Thomas a hand-constructed model of the Maze based on previous exploration. The Maze's numbered sections open and close in a regular sequence. Thomas realizes that the device corresponds to a section within the Maze. Teresa has two syringes filled with an unknown substance. One is used on Alby, and he recovers from the Griever sting. Minho and Thomas venture back into the Maze with the device and discover a possible exit. That night, the Maze entrance does not close while others open, letting Grievers pour in. A massacre ensues as the Gladers struggle to fight back or hide. Alby, Zart, and several others are killed. Afterwards, Gally punches Thomas and blames him for everything that happened. Thomas, who has had disconnected memory flashes since arriving, stabs himself with a severed Griever stinger in an attempt to revive his memory. The others inject him with the last anti-venom. Unconscious, he recalls that he and Teresa worked for the organization that created the Maze, W.C.K.D.; the boys unknowingly have been test subjects for an experiment. Thomas awakens and shares this information with Newt, Minho, Chuck, and Teresa. Thomas then exposes himself and Teresa, confessing that they worked with W.C.K.D. And studied the boys for years. Meanwhile, Gally has taken command and intends to sacrifice Thomas and Teresa to the Grievers to restore the peace. Several Gladers form a group and free them. They approach the Maze in an attempt to find an escape, while Gally and a few others refuse to leave. Fighting Grievers as they go, several teens are killed. The survivors eventually enter a laboratory strewn with corpses. In a video recording, a woman named Ava Paige explains that the planet has been devastated by a massive, followed by a pandemic of a deadly virus called the Flare. The teens learn that they were part of an experiment studying for a cure. Paige is seen shooting herself on the screen as the lab is attacked by armed men. Gally suddenly appears with a gun. Having been stung by a Griever, he insists they must stay in the Maze and aims at Thomas, but is pierced through the chest by Minho's spear; Chuck is fatally shot as Gally's gun discharges. Masked armed men then rush in and take rest of the group to a helicopter. It flies over a vast desert wasteland and approaches a ruined city. The scene ends with the supposedly-dead scientists meeting in a room. Paige notes that the experiment is successful; the survivors are now entering. • as Thomas, the last male to enter the Glade • as Teresa, the first and only female Glader • as Alby, the first male to enter the Glade and the leader of the Gladers • as Newt, second-in-command of the Gladers • as Minho, the head runner • as Gally • as Ava Paige, the Head of W.C.K.D. • as Chuck, a very young Glader • as Frypan, a cook • as Jeff • as Ben, a runner • as Zart • Randall D. Cunningham as Clint • Alexander Flores as Winston • as Masked Man, an armed soldier who rescued the Gladers to the Helicopter. Production [ ] Development [ ] In an interview with Collider, director stated he had made a, titled Ruin, which he intended to use in order to gain access to Hollywood. He presented the short in to. The studio initially considered a film adaptation of the short film, as it had the same tone of novel they already planned to bring to the screen. Ball was then offered the chance to direct the novel adaptation. Pre-production [ ] Creature designer Ken Barthelmey designed the monsters called Grievers for the film. Casting [ ] For the role of Teresa, was Ball's first choice as she was 'fantastic' and because he loved her in the TV show Skins., the lead role, was rejected by Ball. Ball recounts, 'Dylan was actually. I saw him early on, very early on and I overlooked him. It was a big learning experience there, because I overlooked him because of his hair. He had hair and I couldn't see past that and so we were looking for our Thomas and it's a tough role to make, because he comes in as a boy and he leaves as a man, so it can't be like this badass action star that comes into this movie. It's about vulnerability up front and then he comes out of it and comes into his own and then the next movies are about the leader that emerges from the group. So finally Fox says 'We just did this movie, The Internship. There's this kid that's in this thing. He's like 20 years old. We think he's kind of got something.' So I watched his tape and was like 'Wait a minute, I've seen this kid before.' I looked him up online and there was one picture of him with a totally shaved head and it's this sweet vulnerable looking kid and I was like 'Whoa, interesting.' I said, 'Wait a minute, he's just so familiar' and I looked back at my old audition tapes, which we had thousands of, and there's Dylan. That guy I said 'No, definitely not him.' So we brought him back in and we started to talk with him and I'm like 'he's the coolest dude ever.' ' entered the film via. Ball revealed a lot on Twitter, and many kids wanted to be Chuck. Cooper constantly bugged Ball, until Ball told him to give his tape to his casting director, and Ball was impressed by Cooper's tape and cast him. Filming [ ] started in on May 13, 2013, and officially ended on July 12, 2013. Post-production [ ] The film was completed in June 2014. Soundtrack [ ] The Maze Runner by Released September 16, 2014 Recorded 2014 Length 1: 03: 08 Composed by, the soundtrack consists of 21 tracks and was released on September 16, 2014. And at a panel for the film at in July 2014 Eleven character cards for the film were released in July 2013. Starting in January 2014, director Wes Ball released one image from the film once a week, leading up to the film's first trailer release on March 17, 2014. A viral marketing campaign launched by 20th Century Fox began on April 16, 2014. The campaign is a website featuring the main characters while focusing on W.C.K.D, an organization in Dashner's novel series of the same name. The website has the domain wckdisgood.com. On June 26, 2014, Dylan O'Brien tweeted that the original The Maze Runner book would be re-released with a new book cover based on the film's poster. On July 29, 2014, the second trailer for the film was released exclusively on Yahoo! The popularity of the film has resulted in many fan projects, the most prominent being Maze Runner Chat, a podcast featuring news discussions and occasional cast interviews. The podcast is produced by MazeRunnerFans.com, a popular fan website for the series. Home media [ ] The Maze Runner was released on and combo pack December 16, 2014. The combo pack includes two hours of bonus features and extras as well as an exclusive comic book. Reception [ ] Box office [ ] The film grossed $102,427,862 in North America and more than $245.8 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $348.3 million Prior to its release in the U.S. And Canada, box office analysts predicted the film would be a box office success, citing effective marketing, good word-of-mouth publicity and a solid release date. Preliminary reports predicted the film would open with takings of over $30–32 million in North America. According to movie ticket sale website, The Maze Runner was the biggest seller accounting for more than 50% of early tickets sales. The film was released on September 19, 2014 in the United States and Canada across 3,604 locations and over 350 theaters. It earned $1.1 million from Thursday night shows, and $11.25 million on its opening day. It topped the box office on its opening weekend with $32.5 million of which 9% of the gross came from IMAX theaters. Its opening weekend gross is the seventh-highest for a film released in September, and the 18th highest for a young-adult book adaptation. The film earned a total of $102,272,088 at the North American box office becoming the twenty sixth highest-grossing film of 2014 in the U.S. Outside North America, the film debuted in five countries a week prior to its North American release and earned a total of $8.3 million. The film had a similar success overseas during its wide opening second weekend earning $38 million from 7,547 screens in 51 markets. It opened in South Korea with $5.5 million which is higher than the openings of and, the UK, Ireland and Malta with $3.4 million behind, and China with $14.58 million behind. Other high openings were witnessed in Russia and the ($5.75 million), France ($5.2 million), Australia ($3.4 million), Mexico ($2.6 million), Taiwan ($2.2 million) and Brazil ($2 million). It became the for Fox (behind and ). Critical response [ ] said critics considered the film better than most young adult book-to-film adaptations due to its 'strong performances and a creepy, mysterious atmosphere'. Review aggregator assessed 159 reviews and, judging a review as positive or negative, identified 65% of the reviews as positive. Based on the reviews, it assessed the film with an average rating of 6/10. The site's consensus states: 'With strong acting, a solid premise, and a refreshingly dark approach to its dystopian setting, The Maze Runner stands out from the crowded field of YA sci-fi adventures'. Gives the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of 'A-' on an A+ to F scale. Rafer Guzman of gave the film a three out of four and described it as 'solid, well crafted and entertaining'. Christy Lemire of said she found the film intriguing, writing that 'it tells us a story we think we've heard countless times before but with a refreshingly different tone and degree of detail'. The 's Soren Anderson said the film was 'vastly superior to the book that inspired it' and gave it a score of 3/4. Tony Hicks of the was 'hooked by the combination of fine acting, intriguing premise and riveting scenery'. Matthew Toomey of gave the film a grade of A−, giving praise to its intriguing premise saying that 'it held [his] attention for its full two hour running time'. Justin Lowe of said it was 'consistently engaging', and of wrote 'as world-creation YA pictures go, The Maze Runner feels refreshingly low-tech and properly story-driven'. Michael O'Sullivan of said ' The Maze Runner unravels a few mysteries, but it spins even more', giving it a 3/4. Stephen Whitty of the wrote 'it does leave you wanting to see the next installment. And that's one special effect that very few YA movies ever pull off'. Isaac Feldberg of We Got This Covered awarded the film 8/10 stars, calling it 'dark, dangerous and uncommonly thrilling', while extolling it as 'one of the most engaging YA adaptations to hit theaters in quite some time.' Rick Bentley of the praised Wes Ball's direction, saying that he 'created balance between a thin but solid script and first-rate action – and he doesn't waste a frame doing it'. Bill Zwecker of the called it 'a well-acted and intelligent thriller/futuristic sci-fi romp'. Of magazine said he 'was quite riveted'. Of the gave it a grade of 'B' and said, 'Ball is deft, though, at evoking claustrophobia of every kind, whether in the open-air prison of the Glade or the actual tight spaces of the Maze. And he elicits a hair-trigger performance from O'Brien'. Claudia Puig of said 'a sci-fi thriller set in a vaguely post-apocalyptic future must create a fully drawn universe to thoroughly captivate the viewer. But Maze Runner feels only partially formed', giving it a score of 2/4. Magazine's said 'like Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit-tentialism, but more crowded and with the musk of bottled-up testosterone'. Of the website said 'I think I have a touch of apocalepsy – excessive sleepiness caused by prolonged exposure to three and four-part series in which adolescents rebel against oppressive governments represented by esteemed actors'. Of gave the film a 2.5 out of 4 rating and said 'it's bleak business, and as it hurries toward its explosive, expository conclusion, the film becomes nonsensical, too'. Film critic of said 'teens should eat up this fantasy's scenery-chewing angst and doom, and the hopeful tale of survival and empowerment (to be continued in the inevitable sequel or sequels)'. Accolades [ ] List of awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipients Result 2014 Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film Nominated 2015 Nominated Won Won Dylan O'Brien and Won Choice Movie Actor: Action/Adventure Dylan O'Brien Nominated Choice Movie Actress: Action/Adventure Nominated Nominated Choice Movie: Breakout Star Nominated Choice Movie: Chemistry Dylan O'Brien and Thomas Brodie-Sangster Nominated 2016 Favorite Book Nominated Sequels [ ]. Main articles: and On October 11, 2013, it was reported that Twentieth Century Fox had acquired the rights to the second book,. A screenplay was written by T. 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Outside the walls is the Maze, a labyrinth of high concrete walls covered in ivy that changes every day. The Maze houses strange, lethal creatures known as Grievers. Grievers are described as amorphous monsters of metal and flesh. The Gladers are trying to stay alive as well as 'solve' the Maze by running through it as fast as they can while tracking movements of the walls and trying to find an exit to escape. One day after Thomas' arrival, a girl named Teresa is delivered through the elevator into the Glade with a note saying 'She's the last one. It implies that there will be no more children sent into the Glade. The girl subsequently lapses into a coma. When Thomas comes to visit her, he recognizes her, but can't remember her name until he hears her voice telepathically in his mind telling him her name. Teresa wakes up and tells Thomas that they knew each other before they were sent into the Glade, and reveals that they could communicate telepathically. Her arrival triggers a series of changes to life in the Glade: People start acting weird, the sun disappears, the weekly deliveries of supplies stop coming, and the doors of the Maze stay open at night, which allows the Grievers to enter the Glade and hunt the children, as well as Thomas and Minho being the first people in the Glade to survive the night in the maze. Thomas proposes that the walls of the Maze aren't random, but that their movements are actually a code, leading to the discovery that the Maze is spelling out words. Thomas also discovers that the cliff that they all thought was just a cliff turns out to be where the Grievers leave the Maze or 'The Griever Hole' as he and Minho call it. If they can come and go over the edge of the Cliff, then maybe so can the Gladers. This drives Thomas to think they need memories to get out, so he intentionally gets stung by a Griever so he can go through the Changing – the process that people go through after getting the Grief Serum, a syringe of medicine that arrives in the Box along with the other supplies and is administered to people who have been stung by Grievers. The Changing can trigger memories and most often does. Thomas and the Gladers find out what the pattern is, which causes most of the Gladers to decide to make a run for the exit, knowing that it could be suicidal trying to take on the Grievers, but figuring that nothing could be worse than being stuck in the Glade waiting to be hunted by the Grievers. They succeed, only to find out that they were test subjects in an experiment conducted by an organization called World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department (WICKED). Gally, one of the Gladers who always knew something was different about Thomas and hated him for it, appears at the laboratory to which the teenagers escape. He hadn't originally escaped with them, and he is acting as though he is being controlled. He moves to throw a knife at Thomas, but Chuck, the youngest Glader and Thomas' friend, jumps in front of him. After briefly mourning the death of Chuck, all 20 Gladers are rescued by a group of people and brought to a safe haven while being told about catastrophic that caused an apocalyptic event, followed by a disease called the Flare, that killed millions. The rescuers reveal that orphaned children are being tested to find a cure for the virus. The Epilogue The epilogue is Chancellor Ava Paige – a feature of all the novels in the trilogy. She reveals that the group who rescued the Gladers may just be another variable in the experiment, and that the Gladers weren't the only group being evaluated. Characters [ ] • Thomas: The. Thomas is the last boy, but not the last person to enter the Glade. The only thing remembered when he came into the glade was his name. Chuck described him as about 17 years old, of average height, and brown haired. He was called Greenie as he is a new arrival. He becomes a Runner with Minho after being the first person to spend a whole night in the Maze and saves Alby when he was about to die. • Teresa: The first girl and last person to enter the Glade. She has a telepathic connection with Thomas. She also calls Thomas 'Tom'. She is also known to help Thomas out of the maze and fight the grievers in the griever hole. She is thin, has black hair and blue eyes. • Alby: The eldest and the leader of the Gladers. 'The dark-skinned boy with short cropped hair, his face clean shaven', tries to keep order within the group by having all the boys follow the rules they've set down to survive. He has a very close relationship with Newt, his second-in-command. He was in the group of 30 people who first arrived in the Glade. Alby commits suicide by walking into a group of Grievers, thinking that it was better that he die there than outside the Maze. • Newt: A tall, strong, smart boy with medium-length blond hair who speaks with an odd accent. He used to be a Runner, but is no longer able-footed. He is very kind, friendly, and welcoming to Thomas. He is Alby's closest friend and second-in-command and takes over as leader when Alby no longer feels capable. • Minho: The Keeper of the Runners is in charge of navigating and mapping out the Maze. As a Runner, he's in very good shape and is described as 'an Asian kid with strong arms and short black hair.' He and Thomas quickly become good friends. • Chuck: A young and chubby boy with curly hair who was the newest Glader until Thomas arrived. He immediately becomes friends with Thomas, and acts like a little brother towards him. Chuck was a 'slopper'. He is around 12 or 13 years old. He is killed by Gally after the maze. • Gally: A Glader who lives by the rules Alby put in place. He does not trust Thomas and shows an immense dislike for him. He is also the Keeper of the Builders. He runs away from the Glade in a fit of rage after exclaiming that he thought 'Thomas was not to be trusted' in the Gathering. At the end of the book, he kills Chuck with a knife. • Ben: A Builder. After undergoing the Changing and attempting to kill Thomas. Ben is banished to the Maze while still induced with the serum and still psycho, and dies overnight. • Ava Paige: The Chancellor of WICKED and the person responsible for sending teenagers into the Maze. She appears in the Epilogue as e-mail. • Grievers: Mechanical creatures that haunt and kill the Gladers in the maze. In 'the Ending' they are let free onto the Glade to kill one person every day. Development [ ] In late 2005, Dashner had published four books to complete The Jimmy Fincher Saga, which had been with a small regional publisher. His publisher wanted him to write another book, but he decided he would try for a national book market instead. In November of that year he had an idea when going to bed 'about a bunch of teenagers living inside an unsolvable Maze full of hideous creatures, in the future, in a dark, dystopian world. It would be an experiment, to study their minds. Terrible things would be done to them – awful things; completely hopeless – until the victims turn everything on its head.' The book was later published in 2009. Dashner wrote the book from December 2005 to March 2006. Reception [ ] wrote: 'Hard to put down, this is clearly just a first installment, and it will leave readers dying to find out what comes next.' Jessica Harrison of the labeled The Maze Runner as 'a thrilling adventurous book for kids ages 13+ that will get readers' hearts pumping and leave them asking for more.' She noted that it 'starts out a bit slow' but as it matched Thomas's confusion and picked up pace as he became more accustomed, she wrote that 'it's almost as if Dashner is easing the reader into what becomes a fast-paced, nonstop action.' However, she thought the 'only drawback' was the 'fictionalized slang', saying, 'While it feels realistic and fits with his characters, it gets old pretty fast. On the plus side, however, it's used so often that the reader almost becomes desensitized and learns to ignore it.' Film adaptation [ ]. Main article: released a film adaptation of the book, titled, on 19 September 2014. Signed on as director and wrote the screenplay. Played the lead role of Thomas, portrayed Newt and Teresa.,, and were added to the cast as Minho, Chuck, Gally and Alby, respectively. Played the role of the main antagonist Ava Paige. Dexter Darden portrayed Frypan, Alexander Flores portrayed Winston, Jacob Latimore played Jeff, Randal Cunningham portrayed Clint, Chris Sheffield portrayed Ben, and Joe Adler played Zart. Wayne Haag served as an artist on the film, and, with Lee Stollman as producers. Creature designer Ken Barthelmey designed the Grievers for the film. Filming started on 13 May 2013, and ended 12 July 2013. See also [ ]. • ^ (first edition). LC Online Catalog. Library of Congress (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved 13 November 2016. • ^ Shill, Aaron (25 November 2009)... Archived from on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009. • Dig, Enric (24 September 2014)... Retrieved 24 September 2014. • ^ Dashner, James (16 July 2008).. The Dashner Dude. Retrieved February 5, 2012. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2012. • Harrison, Jessica (3 October 2009)... From the original on 19 December 2009. 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