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The Maze Runner's ending is packed with action, twists, and reveals as Thomas and the Gladers escape from the Maze and the future of the franchise is put into motion. 20th Century's adaptation of James Dashner's novel of the same name came out in 2014 and followed Dylan O'Brien's Thomas as he wakes up in the Glade and searches for answers regarding the maze and his past. His life and that of the other Gladers changes with the arrival of Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), who is the first girl to be sent to the location after all this time.

Together, Thomas and Teresa push the rest of the Gladers to fight for their freedom and escape their seemingly endless captivity. This comes with pushback from Gally (Will Poulter), while the new friends Thomas has made - Maze Runner characters Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), Minho (Ki Hong Lee), and Chuck (Blake Cooper) - follow his lead.

During the 2010s, there was a huge spike in YA dystopian books getting film and television adaptations, and among them was James Dashner's Maze Runner series. Audiences could not get enough of the end-of-the-world genre, and more specifically, because of the young protagonists, teenagers felt as if they had finally been given a voice in a more "adult" setting.

In these works, a governing body or an elite organization is always trying to mask horrible situations with false promises to civilians who are not privy to what is going on behind the scenes. However, an ambitious teenager emerges and convinces a group that they have to stand up for what is right, even if that means risking one's life.

When the third Maze Runner film, The Death Cure, premiered in 2018, fans thought that was the end of the era we mean, with the full Hunger Games franchise, the incomplete Divergent trilogy,...

The Maze Runner trilogy, led by Dylan O'Brien as Thomas, offers a unique take on survival in a post-apocalyptic world. Despite intense competition, the series provides a deeper message about individual choice and ethical decisions. Audiences can learn from Thomas and Teresa's journey to use their voices against corruption and stand up for what they believe.

Based on James Dashner's book series, the Maze Runner trilogy follows a teenager on a journey through a post-apocalyptic world where he is forced to make life-and-death decisions not only for himself but for everyone who chooses to follow his lead. Dylan O'Brien plays the ambitious and determined protagonist, Thomas, who, in the first film, finds himself in an artificial environment surrounded by other teenage boys who have not yet fully managed to make sense of their new world. Rather than accept his new reality, Thomas pushes boundaries and asks tough questions, eventually...

The Maze Runner featured an impressive cast of talented actors, including some of the faces of the franchise — Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Kaya Scodelario. The 2014 movie was a part of a new wave of dystopian movie franchises in the early 2010s. The supporting cast of The Maze Runner also had notable careers, with actors like Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, and Will Poulter.

The Maze Runner tells the story of Thomas, Newt, and their friends as they attempt to escape from a complex maze after waking up with no memories — and the movie has a talented cast filled with recognizable faces that bring these characters to life. The 2014 science fiction dystopian film is based on James Dashner's 2009 novel of the same name, which spawned multiple book sequels and prequels in the same universe. Dashner's Maze Runner book series was hugely popular with young audiences, and the cinematic adaptations...

Experience one young man’s feel-good, coming-of-age transformation when Measure of a Man arrives on DVD, Digital, and On Demand August 7 from Lionsgate.

Experience one young man’s feel-good, coming-of-age transformation whenMeasure of a Man arrives on DVD, Digital, and On Demand August 7 from Lionsgate. Starring Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe winner Donald Sutherland, the film perfectly captures quintessential summer life in middle America through the lens of a fourteen-year-old boy on a torturous vacation with his parents. Based on the novel “One Fat Summer” by Robert Lipsyte, directed by Jim Loach, and written for the screen by David Scearce, Measure of a Man will be available on DVD for the suggested retail price of $19.98.

Fourteen-year-old Bobby (Blake Cooper) is enduring a torturous family vacation. His summer job is backbreaking, his parents appear on the verge of divorce, his sister is forcing him to keep her secrets, and his best friend is leaving.

“Stranger Things” star Matthew Modine will portray a baseball coach in the independent family drama “Chance.”

John B. Crye, a distribution executive with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Newmarket Films, makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Michael P. Daly (the real-life coach) and Seth Daly. Former actor Michael Hagerty is producing under his production company, Okerty Entertainment. Filming begins June 6 in Ohio.

“Chance” is based on the life of local baseball star Chance Smith, who committed suicide in 2012 at the age of 16 following a breakup. “I’m proud to be a part of this unique project — a town coming together to work through their grief at losing a cherished member of the community by sharing their story,” Crye said.

The drama raises questions how teens communicate with each other and the responsibilities of the adults who are raising and mentoring. The script is based upon actual text messages,...

With apologies to Tolstoy: Each unhappy family may be unhappy in its own way, but miserable adolescents do tend to get repetitious. “Measure of a Man” is the latest among too many of what one might term “My Crappy but Formative Teenage Summer Vacation” movies. Worse, it’s a particularly generic one that brings no distinctive personality or plot angles to a very familiar set of misfit-hero woes and eventual, underwhelming triumphs. A first U.S. project for director Jim Loach, the primarily TV-trained son of Brit auteur Ken, this bland flashback lacks the cultural familiarity that boosted his Nottingham-set prior feature “Oranges and Sunshine.”

His voiceover narration just as pedestrian as everything else here, Bobby Marks (Blake Cooper from “The Maze Runner”) recounts how he dreaded his New York family’s summer forays to a lakeside cabin in small-town Rhode Island, where all the available outdoor activities seemed designed to humiliate his athletically challenged,...

The coming of age dramedy is a crowded genre with many seminal works established in the 70s and 80s. It’s tough to therefore see any entries without comparing them to what came first. Some can still find their niche and win audiences over before earning a place besides those former greats, but oftentimes they simply feel too familiar to necessitate a second look. The latter category is a shame because familiarity isn’t always synonymous with “bad.” Take Jim Loach’s Measure of a Man, for instance. Here’s a serviceable film adapted by David Scearce from sports writer Robert Lipsyte’s 1977 semi-autobiographical novel One Fat Summer that possesses many redeemable qualities including a worthwhile, body-positive message. It may objectively succeed in its narrative goal, but subjectively never sets itself apart.

There’s a Stand By Me voiceover looking back; parental relationship trouble on the fringes for additional dramatic tension a la The Way,...

"What's a fat kid like you going to do!?" Great Point Media has debuted a new trailer for the indie coming-of-age drama Measure of a Man, the second film by English filmmaker Jim Loach, who happens to be the son of acclaimed filmmaker Ken Loach. Measure of a Man takes place over one summer where a teenage boy comes to understand who he is and what makes up the "true measure of a man". Blake Cooper stars as Bobby Marks, with an impressive ensemble featuring Judy Greer, Donald Sutherland, Beau Knapp, Liana Liberato, Luke Wilson, Danielle Rose Russell, and Sam Keeley. I'm intrigued by the way the trailer lists films "in the tradition of", one of the first times I've seen that. And this actually looks quite good. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Jim Loach's Measure of a Man, direct from YouTube: Over the course of this emotional roller coaster of a summer,...

Acquisitions team Sundance-bound to scout for 2019 releases.

Heading into Sundance, London-based Great Point Media is launching a Us distribution arm and has set its first release Submission for March.

Company co-founders Robert Halmi and Jim Reeve plan to release eight to 12 titles a year and have committed $10m in P&A to a full 2018 slate. The acquisitions team will attend Sundance to scout for 2019 releases.

The company has partnered with distribution veterans Mark Urman of Paladin, Jeff Lipsky of Glass Half Full, and Michael Silberman. Commercial manager Matt Stevens oversees the releases from the company’s London office.

Richard Levine’s (Nip/Tuck) Submission is an adaptation of Francine Prose’s novel Blue Angel that stars Stanley Tucci and Kyra Sedgwick. It will open on March 2 in New York and expand a week later into multiple markets.

The pipelines includes Judy Greer’s directorial debut A Happening Of Monumental Proportions, an all-star comedy...

‘The Late Bloomer’ received its due attention when the comedy-drama celebrated its Los Angeles premiere this past Monday night at the iPic Theaters in Westwood. Following the screening, there was a private after party held at the Tuck Room Tavern located inside iPic Theaters. The premiere honored the upcoming distribution of the Kevin Pollak-directed romantic film. The movie will be released on Friday by Momentum Pictures in select theaters and On Demand and Digital H Among those celebrities in attendance at the film’s premiere included several of its stars, including Brittany Snow, J.K. Simmons, Maria Bello, Johnny Simmons, Illeana Douglas, Blake Cooper, Joey Greer and Vanessa Ragland. Other celebrities who [ Read More ]

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Moving to another Ya adaptation following the Hunger Games films, Donald Sutherland is already part of the cast of Measure Of A Man. And he's now joined by Luke Wilson and Judy Greer. Jim Loach (son of Ken) is directing the film, based on the 1991 novel One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte.The Maze Runner's Blake Cooper leads the film - a 1970s coming-of-age drama - as Bobby Marks, an overweight kid struggling with summer camp and an ongoing saga involving a lawnmowing job. Wilson and Greer will be playing Bobby's less than helpful parents, with Liana Liberato his sister Michelle, and Sutherland as Dr. Kahn, owner of that troublesome lawn.Loach's last film was Oranges And Sunshine in 2010 (although his drama Chasing Satellites seems to be complete and awaiting a release). But he's been more prolific on television, clocking up the mini-series Life Of Crime, plus episodes of Dci Banks,...

Luke Wilson and Judy Greer have joined the cast of Measure Of A Man, the independent adaptation of Robert Lipsyte's Ya novel One Fat Summer. The project, which is now shooting in Rhode Island with Jim Loach directing, also stars Donald Sutherland, Blake Cooper, Liana Liberato, Beau Knapp, Danielle Rose Russell, Luke Benward, and Sam Keeley. The 1970's coming-of-age story was adapted by David Scearce (A Single Man). Wilson and Greer will play Cooper and Liberato's parents…...

Exclusive: Donald Sutherland and The Maze Runner‘s Blake Cooper are starring in Measure Of A Man, with Jim Loach (Orange and Sunshine) directing a script by David Scearce (A Single Man). The pic, an adaptation of Robert Lipsyte’s Ya novel One Fat Summer, just got underway this week in Rhode Island. Christian Taylor is producing through Taylor Lane Productions with Weedon Media and Great Point Media, whose Jim Reeve and Robert Halmi are exec producing with Scearce and…...

J.K. Simmons, Johnny Simmons (no relation), Brittany Snow and Jane Lynch are set to star in Kevin Pollak's comedy "The Late Bloomer" for Eclectic Pictures and Ineffable Pictures. Filming has begun in Los Angeles ahead of a shift to Bulgaria.

Based on Ken Baker's 2001 memoir "Man Made," the story follows the E! news correspondent's experience of going through puberty for the first time at age thirty after having a pituitary tumor removed.

The benign tumor rested against his pituitary gland and delayed his puberty and normal development. Though the tumor's removal restored him to hormonally normal masculinity, it resulted in him having to experience all the effects of puberty over an extremely condensed three-week period.

Johnny Simmons portrays the lead who works as a sex therapist in an office headed by Lynch's character. Snow portrays the girl next door, while J.K. Simmons and Bello play his suffocating parents.

Los Angeles-based Eclectic Pictures and Ineffable Pictures have begun production on Kevin Pollak’s feature directorial debut.

Johnny Simmons, Maria Bello, Brittany Snow, Jane Lynch and Jk Simmons star in the biopic about journalist Ken Baker, who suffered from a tumor that prevented him from going through puberty until he was 27.

The cast includes Kumail Nanjiani, Beck Bennett, Paul Wesley, Ken Marino, Ileana Douglas, Charlotte McKinney, Vanessa Ragland, Blake Cooper and Lenora Crichlow.

Production on The Late Bloomer will also shoot in Bulgaria.

Joe Nussbaum, Paul A Kaplan and Mark Torgove, and Kyle Cooper and Austyn Jeffs adapted the screenplay based on Baker’s memoir, Man Made: A Memoir Of My Body.

Heidi Jo Markel of Eclectic Pictures produced with Raphael Kryszek and Jesse Israel of Ineffable Pictures.

Shooting is underway in New York on Cold Iron Pictures and The Film Arcade’s Don’t Think Twice starring Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, [link...

Back in 2012, Elijah Wood was all set to star in indie comedy drama The Late Bloomer for director Randall Einhorn. But, as they are so often wont to do, the film didn’t quite come together. Comedian Kevin Pollack has pulled off the trick, securing J.K. Simmons, Johnny Simmons, Brittany Snow and Jane Lynch to head the cast.They’re part of an ensemble that also includes Maria Bello, Kumail Nanjiani, Beck Bennett, Paul Wesley, Ken Marino, Ileana Douglas, Charlotte McKinney, Vanessa Ragland, Blake Cooper and Leonora Crichlow, in the story adapted from Ken Baker’s 2001 book Man Made: A Memoir Of My Body. It follows what happened when the E! News correspondent had a tumour removed from against his pituitary gland. The condition had been keeping him from properly going through puberty and its removal meant he experienced a sudden onset of changes at the age of 30 in the space of about three weeks.

Paul Wesley (“The Vampire Diaries”), Brittany Snow (“Pitch Perfect”) and Blake Cooper (“The Maze Runner”) have signed on to join Johnny Simmons in Kevin Pollak‘s feature directorial debut “The Late Bloomer,” which is being produced by Eclectic Pictures and Ineffable Pictures. Simmons plays Dr. Peter Newmans, a sex therapist who works in an office headed by Caroline (Jane Lynch). He’s got two well-meaning wingmen in Luke (“SNL’s” Beck Bennett) and Rich (“Silicon Valley’s” Kumail Nanjiani) and his young friend Josh (Cooper). His suffocating parents James (Oscar winner Jk Simmons) and Brenda (Maria Bello) bemoan his lack of a girlfriend.

Back in October, it was revealed by The Maze Runner director Wes Ball that the final installment of the franchise, The Maze Runner: The Death Cure, will not be split into two movies, a technique employed by a number of young adult franchises such as Twilight and The Hunger Games. Today, Erc Box Office is reporting that 20th Century Fox has handed out a February 17, 2017 release date for The Maze Runner: The Death Cure, confirming that it will not be split into two movies. This final installment of The Maze Runner franchise currently has the February 17, 2017 release date all to itself, but it will debut just one week after 20th Century Fox's The Mountain Between Us hits theaters on February 10, 2017.

The Maze Runner hit theaters last September, with the sequel The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials set to hit theaters on September 18. This release date for The Maze Runner: The Death Cure...

Birdman, Boyhood ummmm....who cares? What we care about is what those of us 17 and younger think are the best in film! That's what the Fanlala Pick Awards are all about. Nearly 8,000 teen and tween movie lovers voted and felt the most love for The Fault in Our Stars. The romance won every category in which it was nominated: Live-Action Movie, Couple (Shailene Woodley's Hazel and Ansel Elgort's Augustus) and Soundtrack Song for "Boom Clap." Here are the rest of the winners:

Pick Live-Action Movie of the Year: The Fault in Our Stars

Pick Animated Movie: Big Hero 6

Pick Actor: Teo Halm, Earth to Echo

Pick Actress: Elle Fanning, Maleficent

Pick Scene Stealer: Blake Cooper, The Maze Runner

Pick Hero: Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), The Maze Runner

Pick Villain: President Snow (Donald Sutherland), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Pick Musical: Into the Woods

Pick Soundtrack Song: "Boom Clap,...

We are survivors of The Glade.

The movie “The Maze Runner” is based on a novel written by James Dashner. The film started with Thomas being brought up from an underground elevator, which later revealed some mysteriously brought a kid up once a month. These children arrived with no memory of their background, including their name. Within this tribe of boys, they managed to survive in this enclosed area called the Glade surrounded by a movable and dangerous walled maze. They hope to uncover the secrets of the maze to explain their losses of memories and the mysteries of the world.

It was a privilege to be invited to be a part of the Glader team to compete in the Spartan race in Malibu earlier this month on behalf of the Fox Home Entertainment and The Maze Runner. As in the movie, I was able to experience the unexpected throughout the entire course.

There aren't many filmmakers who get to take a crack at a major young adult franchise with their first feature film, but director Wes Ball managed to do just that with The Maze Runner, which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD December 16. Based on the popular novel trilogy by James Dashner, The Maze Runner is set in a mysterious and massive maze known as The Glade, where a number of young men find themselves inexplicably trapped, with no memory of how or why they were put there. Dylan O'Brien stars as Thomas, the latest addition to The Glade who may be the one to lead them out of the maze for good.

After working as a graphic artist for several years, Wes Ball makes his directorial debut with The Maze Runner, an ambitious project that managed to win over fans and critics alike, taking in over $330 million at the box office during its theatrical run.

Each year when my Bfca ballot arrives I stop in my tracks, stumped, when I get to "Young Performer". Categories that aren't Oscar correlative are often trickier.

Oh dear. How uneasy I feel..."

That's not because you're free of predicting (anyone trying to predict with their own ballot really ought to find a new profession -- criticism: ur not doing it right) but because it's a subsection of acting you probably haven't been discussing at all. You suddenly remember that you need to have been considering it with as much seriousness as you have made your other selections.

I imagine that Ellar Coltrane, the now 20 year old star of Boyhood, will be tough to beat since this category is for the 21 and under set. But even if the category were adjusted downward to 17 and younger (which we strongly support as a rule change -because it's always weird when an adult...

20th Century Fox has announced that it will be bringing The Maze Runner to Blu-Ray on December 16th. Directed by Wes Ball, the film stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, and Blake Cooper and proved to be a huge hit at the box office this fall, taking in over $300 million on a budget of just $34 million. Of course, a sequel is already in production and has been set for a September 18th, 2015 release.

But back to the Blu-Ray – the disc will come packed with extras, including a 24-page prequel comic book, deleted scenes, a making-of documentary, commentary from Ball and more. A full list of special features can be found below:

24-Page Prequel Comic Book Deleted Scenes with Commentary from Wes Ball Navigating The Maze: The Making of The Maze Runner (A Five Part Documentary that includes: The Maze is Born, Creating the World, Finding the Gang, The Movie Inside the Maze,...

Will you make it out alive? Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment invites you to unlock the mysteries of the maze on December 16 when The Maze Runner hits Blu-ray and DVD. Based on the book by James Dashner that made The New York Times best-sellers list for more than 100 weeks, The Maze Runner brings together an up-and-coming cast of young talent including (Dylan O'Brien (Teen Wolf, The Internship), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Game of Thrones), Will Poulter (We're the Millers), and Kaya Scodelario (Skins) that do whatever it takes to survive.

In this heart-pounding survival thriller based on the best-selling novel, Thomas (Dylan O'Brien of MTV's "Teen Wolf) wakes up trapped in a massive, ever-changing maze with a group of boys who have no memory of the outside world. Facing dangerous obstacles at every turn - especially the deadly Grievers that roam the concrete corridors at night - Thomas and the others must...

When the Harry Potter franchise split J.K. Rowling's final book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows into two movies, it started a trend that continued in similar franchises such as Twilight, The Hunger Games and Divergent. One young adult franchise that will not be following in those footsteps is The Maze Runner, according to director Wes Ball.

During an interview with Digital Spy, the filmmaker, who is currently prepping his sequel The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, revealed that he won't turn the last book in author James Dashner's trilogy, Death Cure into a two-part finale, stating "there is something off" about turning one book into two movies.

"I think three is the number; beginning, middle, end, that's it. Four? I think there's something off about four. For me, if I have any say in it, there's three movies basically. We're not going to [split a book in two], no way. I...

After bringing in $81 million at the world wide box office, 20th Century Fox quickly announced the The Maze Runner sequel The Scorch Trials. While the sequel will not hit theaters for another year, the studio has released the first official concept art featuring an urban cityscape in ruin. This same art, as you may remember, was revealed this past summer at Comic-Con, but now we get an official hi-res look at it here:

The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials: Concept Art

The Maze Runner director Wes Ball will return to direct The Scorch Trials from a script by T.S. Nowlin, who co-wrote the first film with Noah Oppenheim and Grant Pierce Myers. No cast members are confirmed yet, but it seems likely that the main cast will return, including Dylan O'Brien, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter and Kaya Scodelario.

The Scorch Trials...

Following The Maze Runner opening with the top spot at the box office this weekend, 20th Century Fox has announced that the sequel, The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, will arrive in theaters September 18, 2015.

The follow-up will open against Universal's Everest and Warner Bros.' Black Mass next September. The Maze Runner is the first book in a trilogy written by James Dashner, which was followed up by The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure, which may be adapted by 20th Century Fox in the future.

The Maze Runner director Wes Ball will return to direct from a script by T.S. Nowlin, who co-wrote the first film with Noah Oppenheim and Grant Pierce Myers. No cast members are confirmed yet, but it seems likely that the main cast will return, including Dylan O'Brien, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter and Kaya Scodelario.

The Maze Runner...

For the last five years, the Internet has increasingly proven to be the main source of entertainment talent in this age. Justin Bieber became one of the biggest pop stars on the planet thanks to YouTube. Through the same video site, Filipino singer Arnel Pineda became the new singer for Journey, one of the biggest bands in the world. This weekend's hot movie The Maze Runner features a fresh young face named Blake Cooper, who earned his role as Chuck by campaigning on Twitter.  Then there's the latest trend in Hollywood for mining movie ideas. Lionsgate is showing itself to be the leader in looking to the computer screen for the big-screen stars of tomorrow, now developing feature projects for the YouTube prank-show group the Janoskians and the silly YouTube duo known...

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Chicago – Yes, the future world of teenage bleakness, so popular in “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent,” now has its own genre. “The Maze Runner” is an excellent entry, and gets over its stilted dialogue and scary monsters by adding in surprises and atmospheric mystery.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

The ending of the film – even though it screams sequel – has a heart-pounding twist rooted in what-is-happening-here audacity, which started as a weird story of kids stuck in a wooded field in the middle of a gigantic mechanical maze. This is enough to fulfill the dark environment of yet another view into society’s lost future, which is apparently not influenced by anyone over 30 years of age (shades of the 1960s! Groovy!). Notable are the lead young actors creating the situation, especially Dylan O’Brien (MTV’s “Teen Wolf”) and the always-welcome Will Poulter (“We’re the Millers”).

Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) arrives via elevator to a campground area,...

Visual effects artist Wes Ball makes his directorial debut on Friday with The Maze Runner — the post-apocalyptic Ya action film that follows a teenager who wakes up in a region with roughly 50 other boys and is surrounded by a deadly maze. He has no memory of his past and does not know why he has been brought there. Free of romance, the male-targeted adaptation of James Dashner's popular series features a racially diverse cast (in text and onscreen) of archetypal male characters, played by Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper and Dexter

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In this day and age we, as a society, have become obsessed with the idea of a post-apocalyptic life. This has created an enormous output of post-apocalyptic young adult fiction titles. From I Am Legend to The Road, and from World War Z to The Hunger Games, these fiction titles have been transposed to film for the good of both movie fans and producers alike. The latest installment in this craze is The Maze Runner. The novel by James Dashner, on which the film is based, is the first book in a trilogy about a group of boys that live inside of a maze. Too vague?

The Maze Runner centers around Thomas (Dylan O’Brien), a young man without any memory, except for his name. He is thrown into the middle of “The Glade,” a society of only boys that exists in the center of a maze. Day in and day out,...

The Maze Runner is on track to debut with $30 million or more—but is it worth seeing? The 20th Century Fox movie, in theaters tomorrow, was adapted from the first novel in James Dashner's best-selling trilogy. Directed by Wes Ball, it stars Dylan O'Brien as Thomas, a boy who wakes up trapped in a maze. The other boys there have created a society with three basic principles: be helpful, don't hurt anyone and don't go behind the walls. Thomas has no memory of the outside world other than dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. If he hopes to survive, his only option is to escape. The movie also stars Aml Ameen, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Patricia Clarkson, Blake Cooper, Alexander...

Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new sci-fi “The Maze Runner” starring Dylan O’Brien based on the best-selling novel!

“The Maze Runner,” which opens on Sept. 19, 2014 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Kaya Scodelario, Chris Sheffield and Joe Adler from director Wes Ball and writers Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers and T.S. Nowlin. The film is based on the novel by James Dashner.

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Director: Wes Ball; Screenwriters: Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, Ts Nowlin; Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aml Ameen; Running time: 113 mins; Certificate: Tbc

Based on the first book in James Dashner's popular book series, The Maze Runner aims to inject a shot of adrenaline into the Young Adult genre that's surged in popularity since the Twilight movies. There's no supernatural romance here, however. This is a fairly straight-up, boys' own action movie about survival in an enclosed community called the Glade.

Teen Wolf's Dylan O'Brien leads the cast as Thomas, who gets his memory wiped before being thrust into the group of boys left to fend for themselves in an unknown location. Each day the walls surrounding the Glade open up to reveal a maze and the best athletes in the group - "runners" - enter in a bid to find a way out.

With less than two weeks until The Maze Runner hits theaters, 20th Century Fox has released a featurette and two new TV spots for this Ya novel adaptation. Stars Dylan O'Brien, Will Poulter and Kaya Scodelario break down the mysterious world of The Glade, where a group of young men and one woman have been brought, with no way out except through a perilous maze that no one has been able to survive. We also hear from author James Dashner in this preview, who explains that he was inspired to create this story by reading his favorite novel, Lord of the Flies, and director Wes Ball, who wanted to respect the world James created.

If that wasn't enough, we also have more action-packed footage in a couple of TV spots before The Maze Runner arrives in theaters nationwide on September 19.

The Maze Runner follows a boy named Thomas who wakes...

Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and Minho (Ki Hong Lee) put their running skills to the test, trying to make it out of the mysterious maze alive in a new clip from 20th Century Fox's The Maze Runner. Author James Dashner's celebrated young adult novel comes to life in director Wes Ball's adaptation, following a group of youngsters who are inexplicably trapped in a massive location known as The Glade, which is enclosed by an ever-changing maze.

In addition, we also have three TV spots with new footage which showcase the several ways these Gladers have tried to escape their mysterious new home, to no avail, along with five character posters featuring Thomas, Minho, Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and Gally (Will Poulter).

The story follows a boy named Thomas who wakes up in a strange place called the Glade with no memory aside from his first name. The...

20th Century Fox has debuted a new featurette and TV spot for their upcoming Ya adaptation The Maze Runner. The first preview introduces Thomas, who is new to the Glade. He is suddenly faced with a massive ever-changing maze that is nearly impossible to escape. To defeat this living fortress, Thomas will have to abide by some rules, which are laid out in this latest video. We also get to see more of Dylan O'Brien as Thomas in a TV trailer that shows off some of the maze's ever-evolving structure, which never takes the same shape twice. What is this place? And who put these kids here? Find out as The Maze Runner makes its way towards theaters this September.

When Thomas wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.

IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox, a division of 21st Century Fox, today announced that the Studio's adaptation of the epic sci-fi best-selling novel The Maze Runner will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released across all domestic IMAX&#174 theatres for a one-week engagement on Sept. 19. The film also will be released in select international territories starting Sept. 11.

Based on the best-selling book by James Dashner, The Maze Runner follows a young man named Thomas, played by Dylan O'Brien (TV's Teen Wolf), who wakes up trapped in a massive maze with no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape.

The Maze Runner also stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster (TV's...

IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox, a division of 21st Century Fox, today announced that the Studio's adaptation of the epic sci-fi best-selling novel The Maze Runner will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released across all domestic IMAX&#174 theatres for a one-week engagement on Sept. 19. The film also will be released in select international territories starting Sept. 11.

Based on the best-selling book by James Dashner, The Maze Runner follows a young man named Thomas, played by Dylan O'Brien (TV's Teen Wolf), who wakes up trapped in a massive maze with no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape.

The Maze Runner also stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster (TV's...

With its release less than one month away, 20th Century Fox's The Maze Runner is shaping up to be one of this fall's most highly-anticipated movies. To help make the wait more bearable, 20th Century Fox has released two new clips and a featurette with author James Dashner.

The story centers on a young man named Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), who finds himself in a mysterious place known as The Glade from which there is no escape, since the area is enclosed in a massive stone maze. The first clip shows Thomas trying to get his fellow Gladers to tell him what is so dangerous about the maze, while the second scene shows him running inside to rescue one of his friends. The featurette takes us behind-the-scenes with James Dashner's visit to the set, which also includes new footage that teases the dreadful Grievers in this young adult adaptation.

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With its release less than one month away, 20th Century Fox's The Maze Runner is shaping up to be one of this fall's most highly-anticipated movies. To help make the wait more bearable, 20th Century Fox has released two new clips and a featurette with author James Dashner.

The story centers on a young man named Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), who finds himself in a mysterious place known as The Glade from which there is no escape, since the area is enclosed in a massive stone maze. The first clip shows Thomas trying to get his fellow Gladers to tell him what is so dangerous about the maze, while the second scene shows him running inside to rescue one of his friends. The featurette takes us behind-the-scenes with James Dashner's visit to the set, which also includes new footage that teases the dreadful Grievers in this young adult adaptation.

The...

Almost any film can end up with a sleekly edited trailer, but film clips are different. Sure, they’re completely out of context, but there’s no better way to get a good sense of tone and the potential of the performances than by seeing a more comprehensive version of a scene. 20th Century Fox just unveiled three brand new clips from their September 19th release, The Maze Runner, and if their intensity is any indication, the full feature is going to be one heck of a film. Hit the jump to catch all three The Maze Runner clips as well as a featurette of author James Dashner touring the set of the film. Let’s start with this one via IGN: How good is that? Again, it’s completely out of context and you don’t even know these characters yet, but thanks to a spot-on shot selection, powerful...

20th Century Fox hs rleased a clip from their upcoming young adult adaptation The Maze Runner with an introduction from James Dasher, author of the novel the film is based on. Directed by Wes Ball and set for a September 19 release, the sci-fi feature is set in a post-apocalyptic world centered on Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) who is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow "runners" for a shot at escape. Thomas Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper, Aml Ameen and Patricia Clarkson co-star. Watch the clip below. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)0; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document,...

The Glade newcomer Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) is introduced to "The Circle" by Gally (Will Poulter) in a new clip from The Maze Runner, which also includes a brief introduction by author James Dashner. Based on the best-selling book of the same name, this story follows Thomas, who is mysteriously transported to a place known as The Glade, which is populated by a number of young men his own age, enclosed by a stone maze that features deadly monsters known as the Grievers.

Watch as Thomas goes toe-to-toe with the much-larger Gally in hand-to-hand combat, as the rest of the "Gladers" look on in this scene from director Wes Ball's adaptation, arriving in theaters September 19.

The story follows a boy named Thomas who wakes up in a strange place called the Glade with no memory aside from his first name. The Glade is an enclosed structure populated by other boys,...

The Glade newcomer Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) is introduced to "The Circle" by Gally (Will Poulter) in a new clip from The Maze Runner, which also includes a brief introduction by author James Dashner. Based on the best-selling book of the same name, this story follows Thomas, who is mysteriously transported to a place known as The Glade, which is populated by a number of young men his own age, enclosed by a stone maze that features deadly monsters known as the Grievers.

Watch as Thomas goes toe-to-toe with the much-larger Gally in hand-to-hand combat, as the rest of the "Gladers" look on in this scene from director Wes Ball's adaptation, arriving in theaters September 19.

The story follows a boy named Thomas who wakes up in a strange place called the Glade with no memory aside from his first name. The Glade is an enclosed structure populated by other boys,...

After meeting the Gladers with yesterday's featurette, we have four new TV spots for The Maze Runner that focuses on each key player. Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) reveals that he doesn't want to spend the rest of his life in The Glade, while we learn that Teresa (Kaya Scodelario) is the only female and the final Glader. We also learn that Gally (Will Poulter) is the Keeper of the Builders, and Alby (Aml Ameen) was the first to arrive, who doesn't think anyone should enter the maze.

These new spots also feature some of the deadly creatures that reside within this terrifying maze in director Wes Ball's adaptation of the James Dashner novel, in theaters September 19.

When Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.

Admittedly I was hoping this thing was “Meet the Gladers” as in meet the characters of the film, but it’s still nice to see how well the ensemble cast gets along. Rather than introduce us to Thomas, Gally, Teresa, Minho and Newt, we get to hear about Dylan O’Brien, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Ki Hong Lee and Thomas Brodie-Sangter’s experience making The Maze Runner, which apparently was a particularly enjoyable shoot. The film marks Wes Ball’s feature directorial debut and he seems like he was pretty happy on set too, so hopefully the fun of making it winds up translating into a high quality film. Check out the good times on set for yourself in The Maze Runner featurette after the jump. The film is set to hit theaters on September 19th and also stars Blake Cooper, Aml Ameen and Patricia Clarkson. Here’s the...

Dylan O'Brien (Thomas), Will Poulter (Gally), Kaya Scodelario (Teresa) and director Wes Ball introduces fans to "The Gladers" in a new featurette for The Maze Runner.

Based on James Dashner's popular young adult novel, this adaptation takes us inside a mysterious place known as The Glade, an area that is enclosed by a massive maze, which houses a number of deadly monsters known as the Grievers. Dylan O'Brien plays the newest addition to this group of kids known as Gladers, who have no memory of why they were brought to this place.

Take a look at this new behind-the-scenes footage to see how these cast members bonded together on the set of The Maze Runner, arriving in theaters Septmeber 19.

The story follows a boy named Thomas who wakes up in a strange place called the Glade with no memory aside from his first name. The Glade is an enclosed structure populated by other boys,...

A lost and disoriented Dylan O’Brien is guided by Aml Ameen on the rules of the Glade in the first released clip from Wes Ball‘s “The Maze Runner.” Based on the 2009 New York Times best-selling novel by James Dashner, “The Maze Runner” centers on a group of young boys who are trapped inside the Glade, an open space that is surrounded by a massive ever-changing, monster-inhabited maze. Unlike the first two trailers, which mainly focused on Thomas (played by O’Brien), this clip introduces us to another pivotal character: Alby. Along with Chuck (Blake Cooper), Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), Teresa (Kaya [...]

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