It’s now been 5 years since Disney purchased twentieth Century Fox, and we’re lastly seeing that basically repay on the film aspect. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is hitting theaters subsequent week, Alien: Romulus and Deadpool & Wolverine are later this summer season. What Fox motion pictures are due subsequent for a comeback? The Maze Runner collection, naturally.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, twentieth Century Studios is trying to reboot the YA sci-fi motion pictures for a brand new era. Heading up these efforts is author Jack Paglen, finest identified 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 unique movie.
In case you’ve forgotten, the unique Maze Runner—directed by Wes Ball, who’s helming Kingdom (and ultimately 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 awakened in up in an enormous grass space house to different boys that’s additionally surrounded by a large maze. Deeply curious and unable to shake that one thing was occurring, Thomas labored to uncover the maze’s secrets and techniques and discover a method for him and the opposite Gladers to flee.
The Maze Runner franchise was one in all many making an attempt to chase after Starvation Video games and Twilight cash, and ended up succeeding. Its first film made $348.3 million (in opposition to a $34 million funds), and its two sequels—2015’s Scorch Trials and 2018’s Death Cure—have been equally huge at $312.3 million and $288.2 million, respectively. (The latter movie was infamously delayed after O’Brien was hospitalized for severe accidents and needed to recuperate).
Not lengthy after the merger accomplished, Disney confirmed it’d ultimately spin up new Maze Runner motion pictures. As an alternative of pulling a Hunger Games and doing a film or two primarily based on the beforehand launched prequel books The Kill Order and Fever Code, it appears to be like 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 motion pictures have 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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