'Maze Runner' Movie Sequel Release Date, Plot SPOILERS [VIDEO] 'Scorch Trials' Hits Theaters Next Year

It looks like the next chapter of James Dashner's The Maze Runner book series will be hitting theaters next week. This weekend saw an impressive box office debut for The Maze Runner, leading to Twentieth Century Fox's quick decision to order the sequel, The Scorch Trials. We can expect this sequel in 2015 and filming is expecting to start soon. (SPOILERS to follow)

This weekend's hit movie stars Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter, and Aml Ameen, and while we can assume some will return for the sequel, we don't want to spoil too much an say what actors are probably going to be signing on for next year's project.

What do you think of this sequel news? Are you excited to continue where The Maze Runner left off? Let us know in the comments section below!

Here is the official synopsis of The Scorch Trials taken from the book's cover:

Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn't done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch. There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die. The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch-the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them. Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off. There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers' destruction-and they're determined to survive.

(via Slash Film)