“We’re not going to split a book in two, no way.

Nowlin, also stated the same with regards to continuing the franchise further. For me, if I have any say in it, there’s three movies basically”, while the series’ screenwriter, T.S. Four? I think there’s something off about four. However, interesting and exciting as it may sound to the fans, it may not be happening after all.ĭirector Wes Ball who helmed the entire trilogy stated in the same regard, “I think three is the number beginning, middle, end, that’s it. With that suitably closed off, the only two possible sources for a new film could be the duology of prequel novels ‘The Kill Order’ and ‘The Fever Code’.Ī sixth one in the series and the third one in the prequel trilogy is in progress right now from author James Dashner, and together they could directly serve as a ‘ Hobbit’ like trilogy of prequels to the main film series. Maze Runner 4 Plot: What Can It Be About?įor any literary adaptation in the world, the most obvious hints as to where the story might continue to comes from the literary source itself, and the three films in the trilogy, as I stated above, are all based on the books of the same name from the literary trilogy: ‘The Maze Runner’, ‘The Scorch Trails’ and ‘ The Death Cure’. If you are interested in knowing beyond, read on to find out everything we know about why a fourth film in the franchise won’t probably be happening. For fans hoping for a positive answer to the question in the heading, I will state at the outset that there probably are no hopes for a fourth film here. There is every good reason to continue the franchise beyond despite said finale syndrome, but it seems like the makers simply don’t want to.

‘The Maze Runner’ trilogy of films too suffered the finale syndrome despite not being split into two and ending the trilogy honourably within three complete films each adapting a singular novel, with critical as well as audience scores along with box office performance declining with each film.Īs a whole though, this franchise is a success story, grossing roughly $950 Million on a combined budget of $157 Million. Hollywood’s tendency to mint as much returns as possible from a popular property still remains though, and that is why we are here to talk about a neatly wrapped up trilogy of films based on popular YA novels, ‘ The Maze Runner’. While it can be argued that the trend may or may not have been required in the case of ‘The Deathly Hallows’, the public certainly grew weary of the gimmick when ‘ Twilight’, ‘ The Hunger Games’ and the ‘ Divergent’ series’ finales followed suit, clearly visible in the diminishing returns that the “Part 2”s of the final films grossed, leading to the trend finally being reversed for good.

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