The Maze Runner

The Maze Runner Movie Details:

Based on	The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release date	September 19, 2014 (United States)
Running time	1hr 53min
Age rating	PG-13
Starring	Dylan O’Brien Kaya Scodelario Thomas Brodie-Sangster Will Poulter Patricia Clarkson
Directed by	Wes Ball
Screenplay by	Noah Oppenheim Grant Pierce Myers T.S. Nowlin
Produced by	Ellen Goldsmith-Vein Wyck Godfrey Marty Bowen Lee Stollman
Cinematography by	Enrique Chediak
Edited by	Dan Zimmerman
Music by	John Paesano
Production Company	Gotham Group Temple Hill Entertainment TSG Entertainment
Distributor	20th Century Fox

The Maze Runner Movie Cast & Characters:

• Dylan O’Brien as Thomas, the last male to enter the Glade
• Kaya Scodelario as Teresa, the only female to ever enter the Glade, as well as the last Glader
• Aml Ameen as Alby, the first to enter the Glade and the leader of the Gladers
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt, second-in-command of the Gladers
• Ki Hong Lee as Minho, the keeper of the runners
• Will Poulter as Gally, the keeper of the builders
• Patricia Clarkson as Ava Paige, the head of WCKD
• Blake Cooper as Chuck, a very young Glader
• Dexter Darden as Frypan, the cook
• Jacob Latimore as Jeff
• Chris Sheffield as Ben, a runner
• Joe Adler as Zart
• Randall D. Cunningham as Clint
• Alexander Flores as Winston
• Don McManus as Masked Man, an armed soldier who rescues the Gladers

Storyline:

Awakening in an elevator, remembering nothing of his past, Thomas emerges into a world of about thirty teenage boys, all without past memories, who have learned to survive under their own set of rules in a completely enclosed environment, subsisting on their own agriculture and supplies. With a new boy arriving every thirty days, the group has been in “The Glade” for three years, trying to find a way to escape through the Maze that surrounds their living space (patrolled by cyborg monsters named ‘Grievers’). They have begun to give up hope when a comatose girl arrives with a strange note, and their world begins to change with the boys dividing into two factions: those willing to risk their lives to escape and those wanting to hang onto what they’ve got and survive.

The Maze Runner Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:

Budget	$34 million
Worldwide Collection	$348.3 million

About The Maze Runner Movie:

The Maze Runner is an American dystopian science fiction film directed by Wes Ball, in his feature directorial debut, based on James Dashner’s 2009 novel of the same name. The film is the first installment in The Maze Runner film series and was produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, and Lee Stollman with a screenplay by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, and T.S. Nowlin. The film stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter and Patricia Clarkson.

Development of The Maze Runner began in January 2011 when Fox purchased the film rights to Dashner’s novel with Gotham Group, Temple Hill Entertainment, TSG Entertainment as producers and Catherine Hardwicke intended to direct. In 2012, Ball was hired to direct the film adaptation after presenting an animated short film titled Ruin with a similar tone and was initially considered for a feature-length adaptation. Principal photography began in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 13, 2013, and officially concluded on July 12, 2013.

The Maze Runner was released on September 19, 2014, in the United States by 20th Century Fox. The film received positive reviews, with praise for Ball’s direction, the actors’ performances and the film’s tone. Critics considered it to be better than most young adult book-to-film adaptations.

The film was first at the box office in its opening weekend, grossing $32.5 million, making it the seventh-highest-grossing debut in September. The film earned over $348 million worldwide at the box office, against its budget of $34 million.

A sequel, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, was released on September 18, 2015, in the United States. A third and final film, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, was released on January 26, 2018.

On February 27, 2020, South Korean boy band BTS released their music video “On”, which referenced set pieces from The Maze Runner. The homage was noted by source book author Dashner on Twitter.

Anson Lo said the opening of his 2022 song “King Kong” music video paid tribute to The Maze Runner. He is the director of the music video.