The Maze Runner
Theatrical release poster
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWes Ball
Written byNoah Oppenheim
Grant Pierce Myers
T.S. Nowlin
Produced byEllen Goldsmith-Vein
Wyck Godfrey
Marty Bowen
Lee Stollman
StarringDylan O'Brien
Kaya Scodelario
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Will Poulter
Patricia Clarkson
CinematographyEnrique Chediak
Edited byDan Zimmerman
Music byJohn Paesano
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • September 11, 2014 (2014-09-11) (Malaysia)
  • September 19, 2014 (2014-09-19) (United States)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$34 million[1][2]
Box office$225.3 million[1]

The Maze Runner is a 2014 American dystopian film based on James Dashner's 2009 young adult novel of the same name. Wes Ball directed the film based on an adapted screenplay by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, and T.S. Nowlin. The film stars Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, and Will Poulter.

The story follows Thomas (played by O'Brien) who awakens in a rusty elevator with no memory of who he is, only to learn he has been delivered to the middle of an intricate maze, along with a slew of other boys, who have been trying to find their way out of the ever-changing labyrinth — all while establishing a functioning society in what they call The Glade. Principal photography began in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 13, 2013 and 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 mainly favorable critical reviews, with praise aimed at the cast's performances, as well as the film's intriguing premise and refreshingly dark tone, and is considered better than most young adult book-to-film adaptations. The film was also a commercial success, as it topped the box-office during its opening weekend with a $32.5 million debut, making it the sixth-highest grossing debut in September. Since its release, the film has grossed over $224.7 million worldwide against its budget of $34 million. A sequel, The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials, is set to be released on September 18, 2015 in the United States.[3][4]

Plot

A boy wakes up inside a rusty elevator. When he arrives at the top, he is greeted by other boys in a grassy clearing called the Glade, which is surrounded by tall walls. The boy is unable to remember anything about himself, but Alby, the leader of the Glade, tells him that his condition is normal and that he would remember his name soon. He shows him the Glade and how it is run. The boy wonders what is beyond the opening in the wall adjacent to the Glade, but he is warned not to go through there, as it is a maze. The boy meets Chuck, and the two become friends.

There is a party that night to welcome the newest arrival. Every month, a new person and supplies come in the elevator. Newt, second in command and gardener, explains that the Maze is the only way out. The most able boys become Runners, who are the only ones allowed into the Maze. They search for an escape route during the day, but return before nightfall, as the Maze entrance closes at dusk, and no one has ever survived a night in the Maze. The boy ends up in a fight with a boy named Gally, during which he suddenly remembers his name: Thomas.

While Thomas is gathering supplies in the woods, he is viciously attacked by Ben, a Runner, who has been stung by a Griever - deadly monsters that lurk in the maze. The boys force Ben into the Maze to die. Minho, a runner, and Alby attempt to retrace Ben's steps in the maze, but Alby is stung and rendered unconscious. Minho appears at dusk, dragging Alby, but is unable to reach the entrance in time. Seeing this, Thomas runs into the maze. Minho and Thomas survive the night, with Thomas successfully killing a Griever, and they return the next day with Alby to the astonishment of the other boys.

Gally, upset that the fragile peace between the boys and the Grievers may be in jeopardy, proposes punishing Thomas for entering the maze, though Newt overrules him and makes Thomas a Runner. Thomas accompanies Minho and a few others into the maze. They find the Griever's corpse and remove a beeping mechanical part, discovering that it is numbered to correspond to a certain section in the maze. The first ever girl arrives in the elevator, who apparently recognizes Thomas. A note indicates that she is the final person that will be sent. The girl, named Teresa, carries two syringes filled with a mysterious substance. The Gladers use one on Alby, and he gradually recovers from his sting and starts to regain his memories.

Minho and Thomas venture into the section of the maze on the Griever's part, discovering an escape route. They barely make it back after being forced to retreat, and inform the others. That night, a wave of Grievers pour in from the walls and attack the Gladers, killing a cured Alby, among many others. Thomas stabs himself in the leg with a severed sting and remembers that he and Teresa were part of the organization that created the maze, and that all of this was a test. Gally blames Thomas and Teresa for everything and attempts to execute them. The Gladers stop him, and most of them follow Thomas through the maze's escape route. They end up in a lab with the dead bodies of scientists strewn everywhere. A video recording of a woman plays, explaining that the planet has been destroyed by increased solar activity, followed by a pandemic. The youths in the Glade were all part of an experiment researching their apparent resistance to the pandemic. At the end of the recording, she shoots herself in the head as the lab is attacked. Gally then appears, delirious from being stung and seeking revenge on Thomas. He fires a gun at Thomas, but Minho stabs Gally with a spear. Chuck is killed by Gally's shot. Masked men rush in to take the group away to safety, with Gally watching before falling unconscious. The maze is revealed to be in a vast desert. The dead scientists appear alive, stating that the experiment has been a success, and the survivors are now entering Phase Two.

Cast

Production

Development

In an interview with Collider.com, director Wes Ball stated he made a 3D computer-animated science fiction post-apocalyptic short film, titled Ruin. He was able to enter Hollywood with the film and presented it in 3D to Fox. The studio then considered a film adaptation of the film as it had same tone of of a another possible film adaptation 20th Century Fox wanted to make. Ball was then offered the the director position for the film. [13]

Casting

For the role of Teresa, Kaya Scodelario was Ball's first choice stating the she was "fantastic". Dylan O'Brien, the lead role, was rejected by Ball. Ball recounts, "Dylan was actually… I saw him early on, very early on and I overlooked him. It was a big learning experience there, because I overlooked him because of his hair. He had Teen Wolf hair and I couldn’t see past that and so we were looking for our Thomas and it’s a tough role to make, because he comes in as a boy and he leaves as a man, so it can't be like this badass action star that comes into this movie. It’s about vulnerability up front and then he comes out of it and comes into his own and then the next movies are about the leader that emerges from the group. So finally Fox says “We just did this movie, The Internship. There’s this kid that’s in this thing. He’s like 20 years old. We think he’s kind of got something.” So I watched his tape and was like “Wait a minute, I’ve seen this kid before.” I looked him up online and there was one picture of him with a totally shaved head and it’s this sweet vulnerable looking kid and I was like “Whoa, interesting.” I said, “Wait a minute, he’s just so familiar” and I looked back at my old audition tapes, which we had thousands of, and there’s Dylan. That guy I said “No, definitely not him.” So we brought him back in and we started to talk with him and I’m like “oh my god,” he’s the coolest dude ever." Blake Cooper had entered the film via Twitter. Ball would reveal a lot on Twitter, and many kids wanted to be Chuck. However, Cooper would constantly bug Ball, till Ball told him to give his tape to his casting director, and Ball was impressed by Cooper's tape and cast him. [14]

Filming

Filming started in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 13, 2013,[15] and officially ended July 12, 2013.[16]

Post-production

Creature designer Ken Barthelmey created concept designs for the film.[17] The film was completed in June 2014.

Marketing

Kaya Scodelario and Dylan O'Brien at a panel for the film at San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2014

Eleven character cards for the film were released in July 2013. Starting in January 2014, Director Wes Ball released one image from the film once a week, leading up to the film's first trailer release on March 17, 2014.[18] A viral marketing campaign launched by 20th Century Fox began on April 16, 2014. The campaign is a website featuring the main characters while focusing on W.C.K.D, an organisation in Dashner's novel series of the same name. The website has the domain wckdisgood.com[19]

On June 26, 2014, Dylan O'Brien tweeted that the original The Maze Runner book would be re-released with a new book cover based on the film's poster.[20] On July 29, 2014, the second trailer for the film was released exclusively on Yahoo! Movies.[21]

Release

The film was originally set to be released on February 14, 2014.[10] On October 5, 2013, the film was pushed back from February 2014, until September 19, 2014.[22] IMAX theaters released the film on September 19.[23]

Reception

Box office

As of October 13, 2014, The Maze Runner has grossed $84.9 million in North America and $139.8 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $224.7 million.

North America

Prior to its North American release, analysts predicted the film would be a box office success, citing effective marketing, good word-of-mouth publicity and a solid release date. Various critics predicted a $30–$32 million opening weekend could be possible.[24][25][26][27] According to movie ticket sale website Fandango, The Maze Runner was the biggest seller accounting for more than 50% of early tickets sales.[28] The film was released on September 19, 2014 in the United States in 3,604 locations and over 350 IMAX theatres[29][30] and earned $11.25 million on its opening day including the $1.1 million it earned from 2,200 theatres from Thursday night. On the second day the film earned $13.46 million.[31][32][33][34] The film topped the box office during its opening weekend with $32.5 million ($9,021 per theater). 9% of the weekend gross came from IMAX alone.[35] Its opening weekend gross is the sixth-highest for a film released on September,[36][37] the 18th highest for a YA adaptation and currently the 29th highest-grossing YA adaptation.[38][39] On its second weekend the film had a 48% drop and earned $17.5 million.[40][41][42] The film earned $12 million on its third weekend, bringing its three weekend total gross to $73.9 million.[43][44]

Outside North America

The film debuted at five foreign markets a week prior to the North American release and earned $8.3 million.[45] The film had a similar success overseas during its opening weekend earning $37.6 million from 7,384 screens in 50 markets. It topped the box office in over 47 markets. In South Korea the film surpassed The Hunger Games and Divergent record for the highest debut weekend gross earning $5.5 million accounting 38% of the market. Other high openings include Russia ($5.5 million), Australia ($3.3 million), Brazil ($2 million), Hong Kong ($1.5 million) and Thailand ($1.5 million).[46]

In the second weekend the film earned $27.52 million from 7,044 screens 62 markets and retained the top spot for the second consecutive weekend in 10 markets. The film is currently the third highest-grossing film in Malaysia for Fox behind Avatar (MYR 26,581,739) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (MYR 21,110,400).[47][48][49] In its third weekend the film earned $16.5 million from 5,345 screens in 61 markets bringing its total 3 week international gross to $119.1 million.[50] In it's fourth weekend (October 10 - 12) the film earned $14 million from 4,821 screens in 67 markets. The highest gross from the newly released market came from the UK ($3.4 million from 650 screens) and Italy ($1.32 million from 299 screens).[51][52]

Critical response

The Maze Runner received mostly favorable reviews, with critics considering it better than most films based on young-adult novels. The film also received praise for its strong performances, intriguing premise, visuals, and dark tone.[53] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 63% rating based on reviews from 136 critics, with an average score of 5.9/10. The site's consensus states: With strong acting, a solid premise, and a refreshingly dark approach to its dystopian setting, The Maze Runner stands out from the crowded field of YA sci-fi adventures.[54] Metacritic gives the film a score of 56 out of 100 based on reviews from 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[55] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of A- on an A+ to F scale.[56]

Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film a three out of four and dubbed it as, "solid, well crafted and entertaining".[57] Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com said she found the film intriguing, writing that "it tells us a story we think we've heard countless times before but with a refreshingly different tone and degree of detail".[58] Seattle Times's Soren Anderson said the film was, "vastly superior to the book that inspired it", give it a score of 3/4.[59] Tony Hicks of San Jose Mercury News was, "hooked by the combination of fine acting, intriguing premise and riveting scenery".[60] Matthew Toomey of ABC Radio Brisbane gave the film a grade of A-, giving praise to its intriguing premise saying that, "it held my attention for its full two hour running time".[61] Justin Lowe of Hollywood Reporter said it was, "consistently engaging",[62] and Ella Taylor of Variety said, "as world-creation YA pictures go, "The Maze Runner" feels refreshingly low-tech and properly story-driven".[63]

Michael O'Sullivan of Washington Post said, "The Maze Runner unravels a few mysteries, but it spins even more", giving it a 3/4.[64] Stephen Whitty of Newark Star-Ledger said, "it does leave you wanting to see the next installment. And that's one special effect that very few YA movies ever pull off".[65] Isaac Feldberg of We Got This Covered awarded the film 8/10 stars, calling it "dark, dangerous and uncommonly thrilling," while extolling it as one of the best YA adaptations of its kind since the first "Hunger Games".[66] Rick Bentley of Fresno Bee praised Wes Ball's direction, saying that he has, "created balance between a thin but solid script and first-rate action -- and he doesn't waste a frame doing it".[67] Bill Zwecker of Chicago Sun-Times called it, "a well-acted and intelligent thriller/futuristic sci-fi romp".[68] Bilge Ebiri of the New York magazine said, "I was quite riveted".[69] Michael Sragow of the Orange County Register gave it a grade of "B" and said, "Ball is deft, though, at evoking claustrophobia of every kind, whether in the open-air prison of the Glade or the actual tight spaces of the Maze. And he elicits a hair-trigger performance from O'Brien".[70]

Claudia Puig of USA Today said, "a sci-fi thriller set in a vaguely post-apocalyptic future must create a fully drawn universe to thoroughly captivate the viewer. But Maze Runner feels only partially formed", giving it a score of 2/4.[71] Time magazine's Richard Corliss said, "like Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit-tentialism, but more crowded and with the musk of bottled-up testosterone".[72] Wesley Morris of the website Grantland said, "I think I have a touch of apocalepsy -- excessive sleepiness caused by prolonged exposure to three and four-part series in which adolescents rebel against oppressive governments represented by esteemed actors".[73] Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film 2.5 out of 4 ratings and said, "it's bleak business, and as it hurries toward its explosive, expository conclusion, the film becomes nonsensical, too".[74] Film critic Ethan Gilsdorf of The Boston Globe said, "teens should eat up this fantasy's scenery-chewing angst and doom, and the hopeful tale of survival and empowerment (to be continued in the inevitable sequel or sequels)".[75]

Sequel

On October 11, 2013, it was reported that Fox had acquired the rights to the second book, The Scorch Trials. A screenplay is to be written by T. S. Nowlin, with director Wes Ball supervising the scriptwriting.[76] The sequel is scheduled to be released on September 18, 2015.[3][4] On July 25, 2014, Ball announced at San Diego Comic-Con International that filming for the sequel would commence in Fall 2014, should The Maze Runner become a success when it hits the theaters.[77] However, two weeks prior to the film's release 20th Century Fox decided to move ahead with the sequel and pre-production began in early September 2014 in New Mexico.[78] Cast members Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki-Hong Lee and Patricia Clarkson are set to reprise their role for the sequel, as is director Wes Ball. It has been announced that Aidan Gillen will be joining the film to play Janson (a.k.a. "Rat-Man"), [79] as has Rosa Salazar who will portray Brenda,[80] Jacob Lofland who will star as Aris Jones,[81] and Giancarlo Esposito who will play Jorge Gallaparga.[82]

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