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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. The Maze Runner is a 2009 young adult post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction novel written by American author James Dashner And the first book released in The Maze Runner series, although it is the third in narrative order.[2][3] The novel was published 7 October 2009 by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House, and was made into a 2014 major motion picture by 20th Century Fox. 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 every month supplying new food, tools, 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. 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 running 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. Ever." It implies that there will be no more children sent into the Glade. The girl subsequently lapses into a coma. When Thomas comes to visit her, he recognizes her, but can't 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. Her arrival triggers a series of changes to life in the Glade: People start acting weird, 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, as well as Thomas and Minho being the first people in the Glade to survive the night in the maze.

Thomas proposes that the walls of the Maze aren't random, but that their movements are actually a code, leading to the discovery that the Maze is spelling out words. Thomas also discovers that the cliff that they all thought was just a cliff turns out to be where the Grievers leave the Maze or "The Griever Hole" as he and Minho call it. If they can come and go over the edge of the Cliff, then maybe so can the Gladers. This drives Thomas to think they need memories to get out, so he intentionally gets stung by a Griever so he can go through the Changing – the process that people go through after getting the Grief Serum, a syringe of medicine that arrives in the Box along with the other supplies and is administered to people who have been stung by Grievers. The Changing can trigger memories and most often does.

Thomas and the Gladers find out what the pattern is, which causes most of the Gladers to decide to make a run for the exit, knowing that it could be suicidal trying to take on the Grievers, but figuring that nothing could be worse than being stuck in the Glade waiting to be hunted by the Grievers. 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). Gally, one of the Gladers who always knew something was different about Thomas and hated him for it, appears at the laboratory to which the teenagers escape. He hadn't originally escaped with them, and he is acting as though he is being controlled. He moves to throw a knife at Thomas, but Chuck, the youngest Glader and Thomas' friend, jumps in front of him.

After briefly mourning the death of Chuck, all 20 Gladers are rescued by a group of people and brought to a safe haven while being told about catastrophic solar flares that caused an apocalyptic event, followed by a disease called the Flare, that killed millions. The rescuers reveal that orphaned children are being tested to find a cure for the virus.

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Highest Grossing Book in Sci-Fi

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Highest Grossing Movie in Sci-Fi

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The mission of this blog is simple: To give my thoughts, feelings, impressions and judgments on the top 100 Science Fiction novels of all time (as selected by Sci Fi Lists).

I'm not interested in getting into an argument over where each book falls on the list or how the rankings were compiled. Passionate fans could argue for millennia about the ranking of specific books - and each reader is going to have their own opinion on their favorite novels. However, I've found that this list in particular has been a great resource for discovering new novels and authors that I would have never come across on my own.

I'm nowhere near done with the list, so this is going to be an ongoing process. Please feel free to comment on any of my posts, whether you agree, disagree or just want to talk about the book!

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The Best Science Fiction Books of All Time: Novel Summary and Reviews

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The mission of this blog is simple: To give my thoughts, feelings, impressions and judgments on the top 100 Science Fiction novels of all time (as selected by Sci Fi Lists). I'm not interested in getting into an argument over where each book falls on the list or how the rankings were compiled.

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Full Episode | Science Fiction on TV, with Bill Nye

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Who better to answer fan-submitted Cosmic Queries about science fiction on TV than our own Bill Nye the Science Guy? Bill and co-host Chuck Nice flip channels between "Star Trek," "Lost in Space," "Gilligan's Island," "Lost," and more. (Warning: Adult Language.)

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The Maze Runner - Wes Ball interview | Empire Magazine

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Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/EmpireSub Wes Ball talks about his directorial debut, The Maze Runner. Official YouTube home of the world's biggest (and best) movie magazine and website. Want to keep up to date with everything going on in the world of film?