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The Maze Runner (film)
The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Wes Ball
Produced by
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
Wyck Godfrey
Marty Bowen
Lee Stollman
Screenplay by
Noah Oppenheim
Grant Pierce Myers
T.S. Nowlin
Based on The Maze Runner
by James Dashner
Starring
Dylan O'Brien
Kaya Scodelario
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Will Poulter
Patricia Clarkson
Music by John Paesano
Cinematography Enrique Chediak
Edited by Dan Zimmerman
Production
company
Gotham Group
Temple Hill Entertainment
TSG Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release dates
September 19, 2014 (United States)
Running time
113 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $34 million[1][2]
Box office $348.3 million[1]
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, 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 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.