While The Planet of the Apes returns to the cinema in the form of a soft reboot of the 2010s trilogy directed by Wes Ball, the 20th Century Fox (now a subsidiary of Disney) is currently working on a soft reboot of the 2010s trilogy directed at the time by Wes Ball, The labyrinth.
It would seem that Hollywood is therefore stuck in a time loop where cinema must be a perpetual restart and no franchise, even inspired by a finished literary saga, must die. And according to THRthe studio would be in talks with screenwriter Jack Plagen, responsible for the excellent (no) Transcendence with Johnny Depp and just as great (still not) Alien: Covenant to discuss the subject.
According to the American site, the original producers would come back and Wes Ball would leave the director’s seat for that of producer. At this stage, we do not know more, except that it would not be a reboot of the cinematographic trilogy nor even a real sequel, but rather what was said in preamble, a soft reboot in the manner of The Planet of the Apes. Concretely, we would therefore have a film inspired by the original idea, but taking place well after the events we know, just to do something new without betraying the old.
The Labyrinth found the exit to success
Based on the books by James Dashner, The labyrinth followed a group of young people whose memories were erased who found themselves in a prison between four walls, protected by a labyrinth where traps and deadly creatures were hidden. The films followed their models and the saga ended in 2017 with the release of Deadly cure. Nonetheless, Dashner released two prequels, The Order to Kill And Embers. No information points, at the moment, towards an adaptation of these prequels.
Led by Dylan O’Brien and Kaya Scodelario, the trilogy had enjoyed quite enormous success, the first film bringing in $348 million at the worldwide box office even though it had only cost $35 million. Among the wave of novel adaptations Young Adult on the big screen (Harry Potter, Divergent, Hunger Games), The labyrinth was one of those who enjoyed great critical and public success. And in the way of Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Serpent and the Songbird released a few months ago, it is not surprising to see the 20th Century Fox is trying to resurrect one of their golden gooses.
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