Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Pitch Meeting

Step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials!

The YA-novel-turned-film-series craze was still raging on in the mid 2010’s and the Maze Runner movies definitely rode that wave. Based on the James Dashner series, the movies kind of… did their own thing?

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials definitely raises some questions. Like where are the trials? Why was one of the most suspicious-looking actors cast when someone trustworthy would have helped drive the twist home? Where are the mazes, and why is nobody running in them?! Is Minho trying to get himself kiled?!

To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

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[Dan_Rodrigues]

As someone who has never been struck by lightning, I can confirm that it is actually more afraid of us than we are of it.

[Andythedrew]

As a book reader, the “The” aspect of the book was riveting. Very disappointed the movie omitted it 😢

[yashwanthsurineedi]

2:06 "I'm also very dumb". This line killed me 🤣🤣🤣

[guyinthewhiteT]

It is insane how natural Ryan can make an entire conversation with himself feel

[yavorvlaskov]

"Is that sarcasm?"
"Oh, no, I am just also very dumb".

I swear, Ryan George is a national treasure, so many episodes of this thing and yet he still comes up with some straight up creative humour. Mad respect.

[jonbaum]

These fricken kids, I've been waiting for this one! They leave the gun, throw his water, she stands STRAIGHT UP on the breaking glass, they all clearly begging for the sweet embrace of death but the movie just won't give it to them.
Great stuff Ryan George! I love the revisited meetings, you should do all of em! No breaks! Don't even BREATHE until you succeed!
That'll be $5 by the way

[mantovannni]

They just keep getting better in every way. The pitch meetings, not the movies.

[DuneStone]

The bit with Script Guy not remembering who Winston is is even funnier if you happen to know the zombies killed a second member of the group and the movie completely ignores it.

[pancakewizard]

"Betrayal is something, which is more than nothing, which is what was happening with her." Just kind of wrapping my head around with genius statement.

[wizkaleeb]

There was one extra that was in the group when they first entered the mall, who just randomly disappeared while they were running from the zombies. Never mentioned by the group at all, I felt bad for the little guy. He made it so far and didn't even get a send off, just mysteriously gone. It made the whole big deal they made out of Winston's death seem weirder

[redsoxu]

"So they all have to run away again."
[Enthusiastically] "Through a maze?"
"No."
[Disappointed] "Aww..."

I think this one had the most moments in which producer guy gets the rug pulled out a bit from under him! Always amusing.

[Dynablade]

Ryan really woke up one day and decided to make freaking Maze Runner 2 into the best pitch meeting yet, he’s ON FIRE in this one

[axlrose]

I love how Ryan is getting more and more unhinged in each new Pitch Meeting

[johnsanko]

"Lightning is more afraid of us than we are of it".... "I think you're thinking of spiders" .... "Well now I am! UGH!"

Never change, Ryan. Never change.

[FOL]

4:41 "hey shut up again"
i like how this is evolving :D

[iTechSavvyOfficial]

I watched the first maze runner pitch meeting a couple weeks ago and wished there was more. Thank you Ryan!

[SirSadness]

I remember watching this one and not understanding a single thing.
Watching a movie and not understanding anything is tight!

[abduljah]

Wait, the bad guys were called "Wicked"??

Man, you could do pretty much anything in these YA dystopias, huh?

[zunaidparker]

3:33 "I took it from this video game called The Last of Us." "Oh that's from a video game, that's never gonna be turned into anything." 😂😂😂

[LabyrinthsEnd]

Love to see a pitch meeting for the original 'Starship Troopers'