Think you could #SurviveTheScorch? The Maze was just the beginning and now after the harrowing adventure of escaping the maze, the Gladers find themselves right in the center of an epic mystery in MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS.
To celebrate the Digital HD release and upcoming Blu-ray™ and DVD release on December 15th, join Maze Runner author, James Dashner in a LIVE Twitter Viewing Party on Saturday, December 12th beginning at 5PM PST/8PM EST.
The hashtag for this Twitter Screening Party will be #SurviveTheScorch
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Also Available on DVD December 15
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (November 3, 2015) – The Maze was just the beginning. After the harrowing adventure of escaping the maze, the Gladers find themselves right in the center of an epic mystery in MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS, available on Blu-ray™ and DVD December 15. Mysteries deepen and stakes are raised as the Gladers must survive “The Scorch” in this bigger, even more suspenseful and action-packed chapter of the Maze Runner phenomenon. The critically acclaimed young-adult saga based on author James Dashner’s best-selling book series has taken the world by storm on the way to nearly $600M* at the global box office for the franchise, thanks to its remarkable young cast led by director Wes Ball, including Dylan O’Brien (“Teen Wolf”), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (“Game of Thrones”), Ki Hong Lee (“The Unbreakable Kimmie Shmidt”) and Kaya Scodelario (“Skins”). Based on the second book in a trilogy by James Dashner, the series sold more than nine million copies in all formats. There’s more action, more excitement and more spectacular effects in this thrilling new chapter of the epic Maze Runner saga that’s taken the world by storm! They may have escaped from the Maze, but Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his fellow Gladers now face a greater challenge: searching for clues about the secret organization known as WCKD. Their journey leads them to the Scorch, a desolate wasteland filled with unimaginable dangers. The mystery deepens at every turn as the Gladers work together to discover their purpose and battle to survive in this must-see, electrifying adventure! Real Gladers are in line for the greatest of presents this winter, as the MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS Ultimate Fan Edition on Blu-ray will hit shelves just in time for holiday shopping. The limited edition set includes an exclusive, 24-page printed comic-book with two new prequel stories from BOOM! Comics – one on the character of Teresa and the other a Crank backstory. In addition, two hours of thrilling bonus content, including deleted and extended scenes will take fans further behind-the-scenes of the suspense and action-packed journey through the Scorch. Teens will be delighted to find a gag reel that reveals fun, silly moments on set with their favorite cast members including Dylan O’Brien. They’ll also need to make sure to check out Janson’s Report, a perfect bridge from the film that’s full of debriefing videos with Janson, Thomas, Newt, Minho, Frypan and Aris after they arrive at the compound. This version is the must have for fans of the franchise and any members of the Dashner Army. Both the Blu-ray and DVD will include an offer for the Maze Runner mobile game with a free “Brenda” runner plus in-game currency. MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS BLU-RAY™ SPECIAL FEATURES
All of the DVD Special Features
Janson’s Report
Secrets of the Scorch
The Second Chapter Begins…
Creating a Scorched Earth
New Friends and Enemies
Surviving the Scorch
Creating the Cranks
On the Edge: Constructing the Skyscraper Sequence
Visual Effects
Visual Effects Breakdowns
Optional Commentary by Wes Ball
Bunker Entrance
Hiding from WCKD
Building Collapse
Visual Effects Reel
Bunker Entrance
Bunker Escape
Mall
Scorch Travel
Lightning Storm
Jorge's Lair
Tunnels / Leaning Building / Crankland
Right Arm Camp
MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
Deleted and Extended Scenes with Audio Commentary from Wes Ball, T.S. Nowlin, Joe Hartwick Jr. and Dan Zimmerman
Food Fight
Storage Depot Walk – Meet Janson
Bunker Escape – Minho Knows the Way
Mall Walk - Escalators
Mall Attack – Goodbye Jack
Scorch Travel – Teresa on Bridge
Scorch Travel – Helping Winston
Newt & Thomas at Campfire
Extended Jorge Lair Walk
Cranks Attack WCKD Soldiers
Extended Zipline
Jorge Lair – Brenda Fires Back
Extended Tunnel Walk
Extended Crankland WCKD Arrives
Gag Reel
Galleries
Concept Art
Storyboards
Theatrical Trailers
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MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS BLU-RAY™ Street Date: December 15, 2015 Prebook Date: November 11, 2015 Screen Format: 2.40:1 Audio: English DTS-HD-MA 7.1, English AD DD 5.1, Spanish (Latin Spanish) DD 5.1, Quebecois (Canadian French) DD 5.1 Subtitles: English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Spanish (Latin Spanish), Quebecois (Canadian French) Total Run Time: 131 minutes U.S. Rating: PG-13 Closed Captioned: No MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS DVD Street Date: December 15, 2015 Prebook Date: November 11, 2015 Screen Format: 2.40:1 Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, English AD DD 5.1, Spanish Surround DD 2.0, French Surround Dolby Digital 2.0 Subtitles: English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Spanish (Latin Spanish), Quebecois (Canadian French) Total Run Time: 124 minutes U.S. Rating: PG-13 Closed Captioned: Yes
The Gladers return for another
harrowing experience. The first Maze Runner opened up with an
amnesiac Thomas waking in an elevator, which is shortly relived in
the sequel, and being thrust into an enclosed glade completely
disrupting the other Gladers lives. Outside their safe walls is a
mysterious and deadly maze as their sole means of escape. They
thought that it was all over when they escaped the maze, but they
couldn't have been more wrong, heck they should have stayed in the
maze. What awaits them on the outside is far worse than the Grievers
in the maze picking off the unlucky few. Out of the frying pan, and
into the scorch, Thomas and crew head for the next chapter in the
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.
The film picks up where the second one ended. Thomas (Dylan
O’Brien), and his companions Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), Minho
(Ki Hong Lee), Frypan (Dexter Darden), Winston (Alexander Flores),
and Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), get a brief glimpse of the wasteland
that the Earth has become. It's full of crumbling cities, and weird,
fast, tree like zombies. Their saviors take them to a compound away
from WCKD (World Catastrophe Killzone Department), the mysterious
organization responsible for putting them in the maze in the first
place, and introduce them to a whole new group of kids who were in
the many mazes that WCKD had as a part of their experiments.
Occasionally the kids are chosen to go to their new forever home,
which is kinda vague, but the place is being run by Game of
Throne's Littlefinger
(Aiden Gillen) which just screams shady. Seriously, did anyone
buy his act for a moment?
All the great character development and story narrative that was
so key in the first one is set aside for action, lots and lots of
running, almost too much running. Luckily the characters were so well
developed in the first installment, there's almost no need to revisit
this in the first half of the film. Those that have seen the first
know the characters and circumstances well enough that the refresher
course isn't needed.
The second half of the film is where things get interesting. It
was as if director Wes Ball thought, that there wasn't enough
craziness going on, and decided to ratchet things up a notch. The
Grievers provided a few jumpy moments in the Maze Runner, but the
mutant tree zombies are far more terrifying. Our group of heroes meet
others in the Scorch, some with fewer marbles and morals than others,
and the story line not only gets an injection of fun but some great
actors when Alan Tudyk, Giancarlo Esposito and Lili Taylor show up.
As the final act comes to a roaring close with betrayals, revelations, and deaths, it perfectly sets up the next film in the series. The Scorch Trials isn’t a particularly good movie, but it’s fast enough and crazy enough to keep you entertained. If you liked the first one, you'll love its sequel.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is in theaters now.
20th Century Fox is excited to debut the highly anticipated FIRST trailer for the upcoming film, MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS! In this next chapter of the epic "Maze Runner" saga, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD.
All of our favorites are back, and after surviving the maze they find themselves in a whole different world. When Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen) is your guide, there's plenty to be suspicious of. He seems to have the same culpability as his Game of Thrones counterpart, pushing Thomas to remember and understand what happened in the maze. He just needs to know who's side he's on.
They may have escaped the maze, but they haven't escaped completely, and the real world may be an even harsher place than the maze was at night. Things are about to get crazy to say the least.
Check out the trailer below and get ready for the action-packed adventure to hit theaters on September 18, 2015.
Watch the NEW trailer HERE:
MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS hits theaters everywhere September 18, 2015!
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MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS
Action-Adventure
September 18, 2015
Director: Wes Ball
Screenplay: T.S. Nowlin, based upon the novel “The Scorch Trials” by James Dashner
Producers: Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Lee Stollman
Cast: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Barry Pepper, Lili Taylor, and Patricia Clarkson.
SYNOPSIS
In this next chapter of the epic “Maze Runner” saga, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) 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.
It's still months before we will likely get a trailer for the Maze Runner sequel: The Scorch Trials, but today 20th Century Fox has released photos at EW!
From Director Wes Ball, starring Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Patricia Clarkson, Rosa Salazar, Aidan Gillen, Ki Hong Lee and Giancarlo Esposito, The Scorch Trials adapts James Dashner’s second book in “The Maze Runner” series, following Thomas and the other Gladers as they have escaped the maze and are put into a dormitory where they face new threats, because being experimented on in a giant maze wasn't enough!
“The first movie was the mystery of ‘Where are we and what is this place? And can we get out?’ But the second movie is about the repercussions of getting out and the discovery of what the world is actually like,” says producer Wyck Godfrey (TheTwilight Saga, The Fault in Our Stars) told EW.
The Scorch Trials is the second book in a young-adult dystopian science fiction trilogy by James Dashner. It is preceded by The Maze Runner The novel was published October 5, 2010.
Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch. There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die. The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them. Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off. There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers’ destruction—and they’re determined to survive.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials will debut in 3D, 2D, and IMAX theaters on September 18, 2015.
