The Maze Runner was released on September 19, 2014, in the United States by 20th Century Fox. Principal photography began in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on and officially concluded on July 12, 2013. The story follows sixteen-year-old Thomas, portrayed by O'Brien, who awakens in a rusty elevator with no memory of who he is, only to learn that he has been delivered to the middle of an intricate maze, along with many other boys, who have been trying to find their way out of the ever-changing labyrinth – all while establishing a functioning society in what they call the Glade.ĭevelopment of The Maze Runner began in January 2011 when Fox purchased the film rights to Dashner's novel with film studios Temple Hill Entertainment and TSG Entertainment. The film stars Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Will Poulter, and Patricia Clarkson.
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The film is the first installment in The Maze Runner film series and was produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, and Lee Stollman with a screenplay by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, and T.S. While Cranks have a more corpse-like appearance in the Scorch Trials film, it is not confirmed if they are clinically "dead," thus they have not been classed as "Undead" on this wiki.The Maze Runner is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction film directed by Wes Ball, in his directorial debut, based on James Dashner's 2009 novel of the same name.This makes them comparable to the Infected from 28 Days Later. In the books, Cranks are still technically alive in the biological sense.These growths are gnarled and misshapen, resembling dead tree or shrub branches. Additionally, Cranks that have survived for a prolonged period develop abnormal horn-like growths that extend from their skulls.
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Over time, perhaps due to malnourishment or further mutations caused by the Flare, Cranks take on a more corpse-like pallor as the skin withers and wounds do not heal properly. They tend to devour those they kill, be they human or animal.
Eventually, the subject will go completely insane, becoming savage and bloodthirsty.Ĭranks have only bestial intelligence, retaining little to no memory of their former lives and are driven solely to kill or infect others. As time goes on, the infected subjects develop severe depression and violent tendencies, lashing out at others with little or no provocation. Initial symptoms include loss of skin pigmentation and blackening of the subject's blood vessels. Total amplification time of the Flare virus differs from person to person, most likely depending on the strength of the subject's immune system, but the end result is always the same. The survivors would come to refer to those infected as "Cranks." However, the virus failed to produce the desired effect and those infected instead were driven insane, losing all higher reasoning and attacking the uninfected with mindless ferocity. The virus was intended to kill its victims quickly and with minimal suffering by shutting down the higher brain functions. Even after the apocalyptic levels of death and destruction, the PFC still considered the remaining population too large to sustain with the limited resources available.
As far as the general population knew, the virus was brought to Earth by the Flares, but in truth, the PFC released the pathogen as a means of population control. When the world was devastated by the Flares, the Post-Flares Coalition released a man-made viral agent across the world. In the film The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials, Cranks are depicted as being more zombie-like, featuring pale skin, darkened veins and severe wounds that ought to be debilitating or fatal. In the books, Cranks are basically still human but have been reduced to savage, animal-like behavior, attacking and cannibalizing those who haven't been infected. In James Dashner's The Maze Runner book series, "Crank" is a term used to describe human beings that have been infected with the Flare virus.