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Directed by | Wes Ball |
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The Maze Runner by James Dashner |
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Music by | John Paesano |
Cinematography | Enrique Chediak |
Edited by | Dan Zimmerman |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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113 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $34 million |
Box office | $348.3 million |
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Soundtrack album by John Paesano | |
Released | September 16, 2014 |
Recorded | 2014 |
Length | 1:03:08 |
Label | Sony Classical |
Producer | John Paesano |
The Maze Runner is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction action thriller film directed by Wes Ball, in his directorial debut, based on James Dashner's 2009 novel of the same name. The film is the first installment in The Maze Runner film series and was produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, and Lee Stollman with a screenplay by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers and T.S. Nowlin. The film stars Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, 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 he's been delivered to the middle of an intricate maze, along with a large number 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.
Development of The Maze Runner began in January 2011 when Fox purchased the film rights to Dashner's novel with film studios Temple Hill Entertainment and TSG Entertainment.Principal photography began in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 13, 2013 and officially concluded on July 12, 2013.