20th Century Studios is developing a new installment of “The Maze Runner” franchise based on the James Dashner books.
According to THR, Disney is in negotiations to tap Jack Paglen (Transcendence) to write the script for a new installment.
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lee Stollman of Gotham Group and Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen of Temple Hill, who produced the original trilogy, are back to produce this one. Wes Ball, who directed the original trilogy, will also be involved as a producer.
“The Maze Runner” is a sci-fi action adventure trilogy that ran from 2014 to 2018. The movie adaptation, centered on a group of teens who find themselves arriving in a walled setting named the Glade with their memories wiped out. Beyond the four walls of the encampment lies a maze, filled with deadly mechanical creatures and doors that shut every night at sundown. One new arrival figures out the key to the groups’ survival and attempts to lead them out.
The original movie, produced by 20th Century Fox, earned $348 million worldwide at the box office and cost only $35 million to make.
According to THR sources, “the reboot is not a redo of the story nor is it a direct sequel to the original trilogy, which starred Dylan O’Brien and Kaya Scodelario. The hope is to make a sort of continuation of the story yet also return to the elements that made the first movie connect with its audience.”
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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