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The Maze Runner is a 2014 American action, mystery, and fantasy film directed by Wes Ball. Based on the work by James Dashner, the movie was written by Noah Oppenheim and produced by 20th Century Studios. The cast includes Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, and Will Poulter. Other key crew members include cinematographer Enrique Chediak, composer John Paesano, and editor Dan Zimmerman. The film is part of the Maze Runner series and was distributed by Netflix and Disney+.
The movie has a runtime of 113 minutes and was released in 2014. It was produced with a budget of 34,000,000 and earned 348,319,861 at the box office. The film received a PG-13 rating. Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 6.8, a Metascore of 57, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 66%. The film has accumulated 4 wins and 12 nominations.
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Film · TMDB
7.2A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.
Cast
- Dylan O'Brien as Thomas
- Kaya Scodelario as Teresa Agnes
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt
- Ki Hong Lee as Minho
- Will Poulter as Gally
- Aml Ameen as Alby
Themes
- based on novel or book
- escape
- dystopia
- maze
- post-apocalyptic future
- memory loss
- trapped
- based on young adult novel
- labirinto
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
557,043 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
66%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 4 wins & 12 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Wes Ball
- Screenplay by
- Noah Oppenheim Grant Pierce Myers T. S. Nowlin
- Based on
- The Maze Runner , by James Dashner
- Produced by
- Ellen Goldsmith-Vein Wyck Godfrey Marty Bowen Lee Stollman
- Starring
- Dylan O'Brien Kaya Scodelario Thomas Brodie-Sangster Will Poulter Patricia Clarkson
- Cinematography
- Enrique Chediak
- Edited by
- Dan Zimmerman
- Music by
- John Paesano
- Production companies
- Gotham Group Temple Hill Entertainment Oddball Entertainment
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- September 19, 2014 ( 2014-09-19 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 113 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $34 million
- Box office
- $348.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Maze Runner is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction film directed by Wes Ball, in his feature directorial debut, based on James Dashner's 2009 novel. It is the first installment in The Maze Runner film series and was produced 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. The story follows sixteen-year-old Thomas, portrayed by O'Brien, who awakens in a rusty elevator with no memory of who he is, only to learn that he has been delivered to the middle of an intricate maze, along with many 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.
Development of The Maze Runner began in January 2011 when Fox purchased the film rights to Dashner's novel with Gotham Group and Temple Hill 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.
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