It’s now been 5 years since Disney purchased twentieth Century Fox, and we’re lastly seeing that basically repay on the film facet. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is hitting theaters subsequent week, Alien: Romulus and Deadpool & Wolverine are later this summer time. What Fox films are due subsequent for a comeback? The Maze Runner sequence, naturally.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, twentieth Century Studios is trying to reboot the YA sci-fi films 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 chatting with 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 wakened in up in an enormous grass space dwelling to different boys that’s additionally surrounded by a huge maze. Deeply curious and unable to shake that one thing was happening, Thomas labored to uncover the maze’s secrets and techniques and discover a approach for him and the opposite Gladers to flee.
The Maze Runner franchise was certainly one of many attempting to chase after Starvation Video games and Twilight cash, and ended up succeeding. Its first film made $348.3 million (towards a $34 million price range), and its two sequels—2015’s Scorch Trials and 2018’s Death Cure—had been equally huge at $312.3 million and $288.2 million, respectively. (The latter movie was infamously delayed after O’Brien was hospitalized for critical accidents and needed to recuperate).
Not lengthy after the merger accomplished, Disney confirmed it’d ultimately spin up new Maze Runner films. 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 like Disney’s determined to begin 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 films had been fairly enjoyable, strong movies, so right here’s hoping the identical is true of this reboot every time it runs into theaters.
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