The Maze Runner is a 2009 young adult dystopian science fiction novel written by American author James Dashner and the first book released in The Maze Runner series. The novel was published on October 7, 2009 by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House, and was made into a 2014 major motion picture by 20th Century Fox. 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure' Review: The Best Dystopian YA Saga Climaxes with Huge and Exhausting Final Chapter.
Running time143 minutesCountryUnited StatesBudget$62 millionBox office$288.2 millionMaze Runner: The Death Cure (also known simply as The Death Cure) is a 2018 American film directed by and written by, based on the novel written. It is the sequel to the 2015 film and the third and final installment in the. The film stars, and.Maze Runner: The Death Cure was originally set to be released on February 17, 2017, in the United States by, but the studio rescheduled the film's release for January 26, 2018, in theatres and, allowing time for O'Brien to recover from injuries he sustained during filming. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $288 million worldwide. Contents.Plot Thomas, Newt, and Frypan are the last of the free 'Gladers' immune to the Flare virus that has ravaged the world's population. They and the Right Arm resistance conduct an operation where they retrieve other Immunes from a train operated by WCKD, an organization responsible for capturing and experimenting on immune children.
They discover that Minho, their remaining Glader friend whom WCKD had captured, was not on that train, which is headed to the 'Last City', WCKD's base of operations. Against the orders of Vince, leader of the Right Arm, the three leave their camp to rescue Minho, who is being tortured by WCKD in hopes of developing a cure for the virus.
Heading for the Last City, the group is attacked by Cranks, humans infected with the Flare. However, they are saved by Jorge and Brenda, who join them.The group makes it to the wall of the Last City, which protects the city from Cranks. Outside the wall, people are rallying in protest to be let into the city. When WCKD opens fire at the protesters, the group is captured by a contingent of masked men and are taken to a hideout. One of the masked men is revealed to be Gally, who survived. Gally takes them to see Lawrence, a rebellion leader for those outside the walls. He helps them enter the Last City through a secret entrance.
Gally leads Thomas and Newt through to the city and, spotting Teresa, Gally tells Thomas that he can get them into WCKD headquarters. Newt then confides to Thomas that he is infected. Promising to cure him, Thomas and Gally capture Teresa.Disguised as WCKD soldiers, Thomas, Newt, and Gally escort Teresa inside WCKD headquarters and toward the location of the Immunes.
Gally looks after the Immune children and stays to find a serum that slows the Flare, while Thomas, Newt, and Teresa go to find Minho. They are discovered and chased by Janson. Teresa lets them escape to find Minho before rushing to do a blood test on Thomas' blood, which she obtained when removing trackers from the Gladers.Having delivered the Immune children and the serum to Brenda, Gally returns to WCKD headquarters to find Thomas.
Brenda is forced to flee with the Immune children to avoid capture. Thomas and Newt reunite with Minho in the medical wing. Teresa discovers that Thomas' blood can cure the Flare. She shares her discovery with WCKD's leader, Ava Paige, both agreeing that they must find Thomas. Brenda and the Immune children escape WCKD with Frypan's help. Meanwhile, Lawrence rallies his rebels outside the city before blowing a hole in the city wall, sacrificing himself to allow his allies and the infected people to storm the city. Gally finds Thomas, Newt, and Minho.
Newt, sending Minho and Gally ahead to get the serum from Brenda, gives Thomas a pendant before passing out. Teresa transmits her voice throughout the city, telling Thomas that his blood can save Newt if he will only return to WCKD.
Newt, nearly consumed by the Flare, regains consciousness and attacks Thomas, while begging Thomas to kill him. When Thomas refuses, Newt – left with no other option – stabs himself in the chest. Thomas returns to the WCKD facility and confronts Chancellor Ava Paige.
While she talks with him, Janson, having caught the Flare virus, kills her and uses a sedative on Thomas.Thomas wakes up inside the facility. Teresa successfully removes some of his blood. She hears that Janson is only interested in curing himself and others who he feels are worthy. Teresa attacks Janson and frees Thomas, who fights with Janson.
The fight ends when Thomas releases two Crank, who kill Janson. With the building on fire, Thomas and Teresa escape to the roof. The rest of the team arrives on a berg. Thomas climbs aboard, but Teresa dies when the platform gives way as the building caves in.The group reunites with the rest of the Immunes and the Right Arm, escaping to a safe haven, where the remaining population can live in safety.
There, Thomas discovers that the pendant Newt gave him had a note in it. Still by his friends' deaths, he reads the note, in which Newt tells him to look after everyone, before thanking Thomas for being his friend. While standing on the beach and looking out towards the ocean, Thomas takes the vial of the cure out of his pocket and looks expectantly into the sunrise.Cast. as Thomas. as Newt. as Minho. as Teresa.
as Brenda. as Frypan. as Harriet. as Jorge. as Janson. as Lawrence. as Aris.
as Sonya. as Vince. as Gally. as Ava PaigeProduction In March 2015, it was confirmed that, who co-wrote the first and wrote the second film, would adapt Maze Runner: The Death Cure. On September 16, 2015, it was confirmed that Ball would return to direct the final film.Filming began on March 14, 2016, in, British Columbia. Previously it was revealed at that filming would begin in February 2016.On March 18, 2016, it was reported that actor Dylan O'Brien was injured on set and was hospitalized. James Dashner announced via Twitter that the production was postponed after the accident.
It was said that the producers were 'looking to' resume filming around mid-May. According to the Directors Guild of Canada's production list, the film was scheduled to resume filming on May 9, and complete principal photography on July 26. However, on April 29, 2016, production was shut down indefinitely as O'Brien's injuries were more serious than previously thought.Filming resumed on March 6, 2017 in, South Africa. In May 2017, it was announced that would play the part of Lawrence, described as 'an unusual and dangerous character who is part-revolutionary, part-anarchist, and a voice for the voiceless people.' Principal photography wrapped on June 3, 2017. Visual effects The visual effects were provided by and supervised by Chris White.
Release The Death Cure was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on February 17, 2017. However, due to O'Brien's injuries, the studio said that it was unlikely that this date was going to be met.
On May 27, 2016, rescheduled the film for January 12, 2018, allowing time for O'Brien to fully recover.On April 22, 2017, the studio delayed the release date once again, to February 9, 2018, in order to allow more time for post-production; months later, on August 25, the studio moved the release forward two weeks. The film premiered on January 26, 2018, in theatres and IMAX. Home media Maze Runner: The Death Cure was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on April 24, 2018.
Reception Box office Maze Runner: The Death Cure grossed $58 million in the United States and Canada, and $230.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $288.2 million, against a production budget of $62 million.In the United States and Canada, The Death Cure was released alongside the wide expansion of, and was expected to gross around $20 million from 3,786 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $1.5 million from Thursday night previews, in between the $1.1 million made by the first film and $1.7 million by the second, and $8.4 million on its first day.
It ended up opening to $24.2 million, down from the previous film but still finishing atop the box office. In its second weekend the film dropped 57% to $10.5 million, finishing second behind.A week prior to its North American release, the film debuted in South Korea, Australia and Taiwan, grossing $15.1 million over its opening weekend. During the first two weeks of international release, the film dominated the international box office taking $62.6 and $35.2 million respectively, and outpacing the two previous films. Critical response On, the film has an approval rating of 43% based on 169 reviews, and an of 5.09/10.
The website's critical consensus reads, ' Maze Runner: The Death Cure may offer closure to fans of the franchise, but for anyone who hasn't already been hooked, this bloated final installment is best left unseen.' On, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. Audiences polled by gave the film an average grade of 'B+' on an A+ to F scale. Accolades List of awards and nominationsYearAwardCategoryNominee(s)Result2018International ActorDylan O'BrienWonMaze Runner: The Death CureNominatedChoice Action Movie ActorNominatedChoice Movie ShipDylan O'Brien &NominatedNominatedFuture Following the in March 2019, Disney confirmed in April 2019 at their presentation that new Maze Runner films were in development. References. January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
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Contents.Plot Thomas wakes up in a metal elevator that brings him to a place called the Glade. He has no memory of who he is or how he got there. He gradually discovers that the Glade is run by two boys: Alby, the leader, and Newt, the second-in-charge, who both maintain order by enforcing simple but effective rules. The elevator box surfaces from under the ground once every week supplying new food, tools, medicine, and sometimes weapons. Every month a new boy with no memory of anything but his first name finds himself in that elevator box.
The Glade is surrounded by a square of 4 mile-high walls made of concrete. These walls have openings in them, which slide shut like doors every night. Outside the walls is the Maze, a labyrinth of high concrete walls covered in ivy that changes every day.
The Maze houses strange, lethal creatures known as Grievers. Grievers are described as amorphous monsters of metal and flesh. The Gladers are trying to stay alive as well as 'solve' the Maze by appointing 'runners' to run through it as fast as they can while tracking movements of the walls and trying to find an exit to escape.One day after Thomas' arrival, a girl named Teresa is delivered through the elevator into the Glade with a note saying 'She's the last one.
It implies that there will be no more children sent into the Glade. The girl subsequently lapses into a longcoma. When Thomas comes to visit her, he recognizes her, but cannot remember her name until he hears her voice telepathically in his mind telling him her name.
Teresa wakes up and tells Thomas that they knew each other before they were sent into the Glade, and reveals that they could communicate telepathically.Minho, the keeper of the runners, and Alby go into the Maze to see what they think is their first dead Griever. Alby is stung by the creature and, while Minho is trying to help him out of the Maze, Thomas runs in to help. All three are then stranded in the Maze overnight. Minho, believing Alby is dead without the Serum, tells Thomas to leave him and just run, looking for shelter so the Grievers don't find them.
Thomas, unable to leave Alby to die, uses the vines on the walls to pull him up and out of the view of the Grievers, then attracts their attention and evades them. Minho sees Thomas's evasion tactic and uses it to send the four Grievers chasing them over the Cliff.
Thomas, Alby, and Minho are the first people in the Glade to survive a night in the maze. After getting back to The Glade the next morning, Newt calls a Gathering of The Keepers to discuss what to do with Thomas. Some of the Keepers vote to relieve him of punishment while others (especially Gally) vote to lock him up in the Slammer (the jail block) as a punishment. Minho, however, nominates Thomas to replace him as the Keeper of The Runners. Gally decides to kick Minho off The Council, causing Minho to attack him. Thomas is locked up in jail and the next day he starts his training with Minho.After their miraculous return, Teresa's arrival triggers a series of changes to life in the Glade: people start acting strangely, the sun disappears, the weekly deliveries of supplies stop coming, and the doors of the Maze stay open at night, which allows the Grievers to enter the Glade and hunt the children.Thomas proposes that the walls of the Maze are not random, but that their movements are actually a code, leading to the discovery that the Maze is spelling out words. Thomas also discovers that what they previously thought was the Cliff is actually where the Grievers leave the Maze ('The Griever Hole').
This drives Thomas to think they need memories to get out, so he intentionally gets stung by a Griever so he can receive the antidote ('Grief Serum') and thereby go through the Changing. It is known that the Changing can trigger memories and sometimes violence.Thomas and the Gladers find out what the pattern is. The Gladers to decide to make a run for the exit, knowing that taking on the Grievers is a suicide mission, but deciding that nothing is worse than their current fate. They succeed, only to find out that they were test subjects in an experiment conducted by an organization called World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department (WICKED). The teenagers escape to a laboratory but encounter Gally, who had not escaped with them. Acting under mind control, he moves to throw a knife at Thomas, but a young Glader, Chuck, jumps to save him.After briefly mourning the death of Chuck, all 20 Gladers are rescued.
They are brought to a safe haven and told about catastrophic that caused an apocalyptic event, followed by a virus called the Flare that killed millions. The rescuers reveal that orphaned children are being tested to find a cure for the virus.EpilogueThe epilogue is Chancellor Ava Paige—a feature of all the novels in the trilogy. She reveals that the group who rescued the Gladers may just be another variable in the experiment and that the Gladers weren't the only group being evaluated.Characters Thomas The.
Thomas is the last boy, but not the last person to enter the Glade. The only thing he remembered when he came into the glade was his name.
Chuck described him as about 16 years old, of average height, and brown-haired. He was called 'Greenie', a nickname given to new arrivals. He becomes a Runner with Minho after being the first person to spend a whole night in the Maze and saves Alby when he is about to die. He has a telepathic connection with Teresa and was able to talk to her while she was in a coma. Teresa One of the main protagonists.
The first girl and last person to enter the Glade. When she entered the Glade she was in a and Newt thought she was dead. She also calls Thomas 'Tom'. She has a telepathic connection with Thomas. She is also known to help Thomas out of the maze and fight the Grievers in the Griever Hole.
She is thin, has black hair and blue eyes, and relatively pale skin. Alby The eldest and the leader of the Gladers. He is described as 'The dark-skinned boy with short-cropped hair, his face clean-shaven'. He tries to keep order within the group by having all the boys follow the rules they've set down to survive. He has a very close relationship with Newt, his second-in-command. He was in the group of 30 people who first arrived in the Glade.
Alby commits suicide by walking into a group of Grievers, thinking that it was better that he die there than outside the Maze. Newt One of the main protagonists and is good friends with Thomas and Minho. He used to be a Runner but is no longer able-footed. He is very kind, friendly, and welcoming to Thomas. He is Alby's closest friend and second-in-command and takes over as leader when Alby no longer feels capable. Minho One of the main protagonists and is the Keeper of the Runners.
He is in charge of navigating and mapping out the Maze. As a Runner, he's in very good shape and is described as 'an Asian kid with strong, heavily-muscled arms and short black hair.' He is sarcastic and a jokester.
He tends to react without thinking, which leads himself into trouble. He and Thomas quickly become good friends. Chuck A young and chubby boy with curly hair who was the newest Glader until Thomas arrived. He immediately becomes friends with Thomas and acts like a little brother towards him.
Chuck was a 'Slopper'. He is around 12 or 13 years old. He is killed by Gally after a knife is thrown at him while he is saving Thomas (shot in the movie). Gally The main antagonist. A Glader who lives by the rules Alby put in place. He does not trust Thomas and shows an immense dislike for him.
He is also the Keeper of the Builders. He runs away from the Glade in a fit of rage after exclaiming that he thought 'Thomas was not to be trusted' in the Gathering. At the end of the book, he kills Chuck by throwing a knife into his chest. (shot with a gun in the movie) Ben A Runner. After undergoing the Changing and attempting to kill Thomas.
Ben is banished to the Maze while still induced with the serum and still psycho and dies overnight. Ava Paige The Chancellor of WICKED and the person responsible for sending teenagers into the Maze. She appears in the Epilogue as an e-mail. Grievers Mechanical creatures that haunt and kill the Gladers in the maze.
In 'The Ending' they are let free onto the Glade to kill one person every day. Development In late 2005, Dashner had published four books to complete The Jimmy Fincher Saga, which had been with a small regional publisher. His publisher wanted him to write another book, but he decided he would try for a national book market instead.
In November of that year he had an idea when going to be 'about a bunch of teenagers living inside an unsolvable Maze full of hideous creatures, in the future, in a dark, dystopian world. It would be an experiment, to study their minds. Terrible things would be done to them – awful things; completely hopeless – until the victims turn everything on its head.' The book was later published in 2009. Dashner wrote the book from December 2005 to March 2006. Reception wrote: 'Hard to put down, this is clearly just a first installment, and it will leave readers dying to find out what comes next.' Jessica Harrison of the labelled The Maze Runner as 'a thrilling adventurous book for kids ages 13+ that will get readers' hearts pumping and leave them asking for more.'
She noted that it 'starts out a bit slow' but as it matched Thomas's confusion and picked up pace as he became more accustomed, she wrote that 'it's almost as if Dashner is easing the reader into what becomes a fast-paced, nonstop action.' However, she thought the 'only drawback' was the 'fictionalized slang', saying, 'While it feels realistic and fits with his characters, it gets old pretty fast. On the plus side, however, it's used so often that the reader almost becomes desensitized and learns to ignore it.' Film adaptation. Main article:released a film adaptation of the book, titled, on 19 September 2014. Signed on as director and wrote the screenplay. Played the lead role of Thomas, portrayed Newt and Teresa.
As Minho, and were added to the cast as, Chuck, Gally and Alby, respectively. Played the role of the main antagonist Ava Paige. Dexter Darden portrayed Frypan, Alexander Flores portrayed Winston, Jacob Latimore played Jeff, Randal Cunningham portrayed Clint, Chris Sheffield portrayed Ben, and Joe Adler played Zart.Wayne Haag served as an artist on the film, and, with Lee Stollman as producers.Creature designer Ken Barthelmey designed the Grievers for the film.Filming started on 13 May 2013, and ended 12 July 2013.References. ^ (first edition).
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