The next YA dystopian thriller is on its way, and this time it's “Teen Wolf” star Dylan O'Brien at the center of the action. “The Maze Runner” is based on the first book in a trilogy by James Dashnar.

“The Maze Runner” has already been criticized for conforming to the alternate universe YA template that has failed so many other “Hunger Games” imitators. But there are differences. Those films have ...

The Maze Runner series consists of three science-fiction dystopian action adventure films based on the novel series by American author James Dashner. When Thomas wakes up trapped in a maze with a ...

Perri Nemiroff is the 2025 Press Awaward winner at the ICG Publicists Awards. She's the senior producer at Collider where she hosts and produces the interview series, Collider Ladies Night, a show ...

“You're not like the others.” If there's a Mad Libs for YA adaptations, that line is pretty much a permanent fixture; at least as far back as the Harry Potter movies, every one of these franchises ...

Living in a post-Hunger Games world, it's getting more and more difficult to tell all these young adult movies apart. That's especially the case for The Maze Runner, helmed by first-time director Wes ...

I don't mean to sound cynical about the movie-making business, but once in a while it almost feels like the genre films I'm watching are plugged into some kind of formula. In the opening twenty ...

Young adult saga “The Maze Runner” is getting a big boost from its star Dylan O’Brien, a regular on the MTV’s “Teen Wolf,” as it heads for its box office opening Sept. 19. “Maze Runner” is based on ...

The Maze Runner: The Death Cure ending brings the trilogy of dystopian YA movies based on James Dashner's novels to a close, though it wasn't always obvious how the various plot threads running ...