Catherine Hardwicke in Talks to Direct 'The Maze Runner' for Fox

After launching an adaptation of one of the most recent successful young adult book series with Twilight, director Catherine Hardwicke has an eye towards directing yet another youth adaptation. The Wrap has learned that the female filmmaker is in talks to direct The Maze Runner, the first book of a young adult science fiction trilogy by James Dashner. The story follows a boy named Thomas who wakes up in a strange place called the Glade with no memory aside from his first name. The dystopian set film is likely being eyed as the first in a franchise as a tentpole for 20th Century Fox much like The Hunger Games for Lionsgate.

Here's a more extensive rundown of the first Maze Runner book from the School Library Journal:

Thomas wakes up in an elevator, remembering nothing but his own name. He emerges into a world of about 60 teen boys who ...

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