It’s been five years since Disney bought 20th Century Fox, and we’re finally seeing that really pay off on the film side. kingdom of the planet of the apes will hit theaters next week, Alien: Romulus and Deadpool and Wolverine They are later this summer. Which Fox movies will return next? maze runner series, naturally.
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By the hollywood reporter, 20thCenturyStudios is looking to reboot teen sci-fi movies for a new generation. Leading those efforts is writer Jack Paglen. , best known for the 2014 si-fi thriller Transcendence starring Johnny Depp. Sources who spoke to THR claim that the reboot will look to continue the original story while also returning to the roots of that original film.
In case you forgot, the original maze runner—directed by Wes Ball, who directs Kingdom (and eventually legend of zelda), and will produce this new film, released in 2014 and based on the dystopian YA books written by James Dashner. Dylan O’Brien played an amnesiac boy named Thomas who woke up in a large grassy area home to other children that is also surrounded by a massive labyrinth. Deeply curious and unable to realize anything was happening, Thomas worked to uncover the secrets of the labyrinth and find a way for himself and the other Gladers to escape.
he maze runner The franchise was one of many they tried to pursue The Hunger Games and Twilight money, and ended up being successful. Her first film grossed $348.3 million (against a budget of $34 million), and its two sequels in 2015. Scorching tests and 2018 death cure—were equally large, at $312.3 million and $288.2 million, respectively. (The latter film was notoriously delayed after O’Brien was hospitalized with serious injuries and had to recover.)
Not long after the merger was completed, Disney confirmed that it would eventually create a new maze runner films. Instead of making a The Hunger Games and make one or two movies based on the previously published prequel books The order to kill and fever code, It looks like Disney’s decided to start over. Rebooting the not-that-old fare ALREADY seems to be the move nowadays, yeah Twilight and (possibly) Percy Jackson They are some indication. The original Labyrinth The movies were pretty fun and solid, so here’s hoping the same thing happens with this reboot whenever it hits theaters.
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