Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Also known as The Maze Runner 2: The Scorch Trials, Maze Runner: Scorch Trials
2015 film directed by Wes Ball
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6.7Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
Released: 2015-09-09131 minDir: Wes BallScience Fiction, Action, Thriller, AdventureBudget: $61.0MBox office: $312MPart of: The Maze Runner Collection
Cast
- Dylan O'Brien as Thomas
- Kaya Scodelario as Teresa Agnes
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt
- Giancarlo Esposito as Jorge
- Ki Hong Lee as Minho
- Dexter Darden as Frypan
Themes
- based on novel or book
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (stylized onscreen simply as The Scorch Trials) is a 2015 American dystopian science fiction film based on James Dashner's 2010 novel The Scorch Trials, the second novel in The Maze Runner book series. It is a direct sequel to the 2014 film The Maze Runner and the second installment in The Maze Runner film series. The film was directed by Wes Ball, with a screenplay by T. S. Nowlin. Adding to the original film's cast of Dylan O'Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Patricia Clarkson, Kaya Scodelario, Dexter Darden and Alexander Flores, the new supporting cast includes Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Barry Pepper and Lili Taylor.
The plot of The Scorch Trials takes place immediately following the previous installment, as Thomas (O'Brien) and his fellow Gladers have just escaped from the facilities of the powerful World Catastrophe Killzone Department (WCKD), which had imprisoned them. On the run in the desert and ruined cities, they must escape WCKD soldiers and face the perils of the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles. Filming began in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 27, 2014, and officially concluded on January 27, 2015.