Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (stylized onscreen simply as
The Scorch Trials) is a 2015 American dystopian science fiction film based on
James Dashner's 2010 novel The Scorch Trials, the second novel in The Maze
Runner book series. The film is a direct sequel to the 2014 film The Maze
Runner and the second installment in The Maze Runner film series. It was
directed by Wes Ball, with a screenplay by T.S. Nowlin. Adding to the original
film's cast of Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter
Darden, Alexander Flores, Ki Hong Lee, and Patricia Clarkson, the new
supporting cast includes Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen,
Jacob Lofland, Katherine McNamara, Barry Pepper, Rosa Salazar, Lili Taylor, and
Alan Tudyk.