A new Maze Runner film is reportedly in development at 20th Century Studios, with Jack Paglen in talks to write, according to Deadline.
What’s Happening:
- Details regarding the plot of the film are under wraps, but it will reportedly be a continuation of the story of the last three films, released between 2014 and 2018, rather than a direct sequel.
- Paglen, who is perhaps best known for writing the sci-fi thriller Transcendence, is reportedly penning the script for the film.
- The writer also has a story by credit on Ridley Scott’s Alien Covenant.
- Based on the dystopian YA book series by James Dashner, The Maze Runner takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, where a group of young survivors must navigate deadly mazes, treacherous landscapes, and sinister organizations as they uncover the truth about their past and fight for their freedom.
- Wes Ball directed the original 2014 film, as well as sequels Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), all ahead of Disney’s acquisition of Fox.
- After producing the original trilogy, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lee Stollman of Gotham Group and Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen of Temple Hill have returned to produce the new film alongside Ball.
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