Wes Ball To Direct Kickstarter-Funded Novel, FALL OF GODS

Director Wes Ball is leaving quite the impression these past few years with his main focus tentatively on the on-going Maze Runner saga as the second film, The Scorch Trials, gears up for its release next month. As such, Fox is determined to have him in the director's chair once more, it seems, in lieu of plans to adapt Norse epic, Fall Of Gods.

Fox has acquired the rights to the Danish-published graphic novel initially conceived at MOOD Studios on Denmark by way of crowdfunding via Kickstarter. MOOD Studios's own Rasmus Berggreen originally spearheaded the project along with Hitman videogame scribe Michael Vogt to help put what THR describes as a "Scandinavian stamp on Norse mythology" for the book's vast and multilayered universe.

For years he has lived far from society, tending to his farm and trying to forget the battles he fought…and the crimes he committed. But one day his love disappears, and he must set out to find her. He will once again have to face the creatures of Jotunheim and the powerful Aesir. Suddenly, the man he thought he had buried deep down inside has risen to the surface once more...and he comes seeking vengeance.

Ball is tapped to direct as well as produce the film, thus aiming to prove once more just how resourceful books can be with the aim of building big-scale cinematic visions around them. As such, he'll be joined by producers Joe Hartwick Jr. and Brooklyn Weaver, as well as Steve Tzirlin also served in script and story developement on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Stay tuned for more info!

Feel The Heat In The New Trailer For MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS

Director Wes Ball is back and sending kids off to battle the elements and crazy mutant psychos in the deserted outer limits of a desolate world. Far and away from the Glade and the inner-confines of the harrowing maze of the 2013 thriller, The Maze Runner, this September will mark the arrival of the second offering based on author James Dashner's books in The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.

Dylan O'Brien and Kaya Scodelario are back with a cast of old and new faces that outline what lies ahead on the pendulum of friends and enemies, all within another epic journey of self-discovery that will test the limits of our young heroes even more. But more importantly, it's also nice to know you don't necessarily have to read the books ahead of time; While it's a nice additive to one's experience, I'm still much more visually keen. And on that note, I like what I see so far.

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.

September 18, 2015 is the date and six new character posters have gone viral along with the latest trailer. Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Barry Pepper, Lili Taylor, and Patricia Clarkson also star.

Watch below!

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The New Trailer For THE MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS Burns Its Way Online!

Twentieth Century Fox officially got the ball rolling with its new push for the upcoming sequel release, The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. It's the second in a series of YA sci-fi novels from author James Dashner with Wes Ball returning to direct following the success of The Maze Runner, and with a franchise so visually epic in scale, it's easy to see why fans would ultimately approve, and why this one will likely be proceeded by its third installation.

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.

September 18 is the date it arrives with a script by Dashner and T.S. Nowlin, and actor Dylan O'Brien and actress Kaya Scodelario returning to star.