We seem to be seeing more and more novels being adapted for the big screen every year, with a whole host of different novels preparing to hit the big screen in the coming years. Some of these projects have gone on to prove hugely successful, while others have been less than impressive.
Dylan O'Brien plays the lead in The Maze Runner
Actor Dylan O'Brien is set to play the lead role in the new movie The Maze Runner, which has not exactly been winning any rave reviews from the critics. However, Dylan has been praising his fans, admitting that he hopes that they can help to make The Maze Runner a box office success.
O'Brien explained, "I learned about the book auditioning for the project, and then I was getting in tune with the fanbase through Twitter. At first, some of my ‘Teen Wolf’ fans were also ‘Maze Runner’ book fans, so they were all really excited and typing to me that they’re excited I got cast. There was never anything negative around me, it was always positive from the fans. To me the 'Maze Runner' fans have been so supportive of everything I have done."
Scene from The Maze Runner
As well as starring Dylan O'Brien, The Maze Runner cast also includes such promising talent as Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter, Dexter Darden, and Kaya Scodelario, among others. The Maze Runner is directed by Wes Ball, based on the screenplay that has been developed by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, and T.S. Nowlin, from the James Dashner novel.
The Maze Runner opens in the US today (September 19), before then going on to hit the big screen in the UK on October 10. For now though, check out the trailer for The Maze Runner, below.
The Maze Runner trailer
