Dylan O’Brien’s ‘Maze Runner: Death Cure’ Release Pushed Back to 2018 

Fox has moved back its release for “The Maze Runner: The Death Cure” by nearly a year to Jan. 12, 2018, as star Dylan O’Brien recovers from his March 17 injuries after an on-set car accident.

Fox made the announcement Friday, a month after disclosing that resumption of principal photography on “Maze Runer: The Death Cure” had been delayed for a second time to allow O’Brien more time to fully recover from his injuries. The studio has not revealed when production will re-start.

The movie — the third in the Maze Runner trilogy — had been set for a Presidents Day weekend release date of Feb, 17, 2017. Wes Ball is directing the film. O’Brien’s character is on a mission to find a cure to the “Flare,” a deadly disease.

O’Brien was hit by a car and suffered multiple injuries on March 17 on the set in British Columbia. The 24-year-old actor was taken to a local hospital for observation and treatment following the accident.

The 2014 original grossed $102 million in U.S. receipts, and 2015 follow-up “The Scorch Trials” tallied $82 million in domestic box office.

Fox made several other release date announcements Friday, including dating “Alita: Battle Angel” for July 20, 2018. Rosa Salazar, who starred in “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials,” has been tapped to play the female lead in “Battle Angel” with James Cameron producing and Robert Rodriguez directing.

Want to read more articles like this one? SUBSCRIBE TO VARIETY TODAY.

Associate Director, YouTuber & Gamer Partnerships

I get paid £85 every hour from online jobs. I never thought I’d be able to do it but my friend AT is earning £10k /monthly by doing this job and she showed me how. Try it out on following website…”

The release date has been pushed back because Dylan is doing Teen Wolf and American Sniper. Plus Teen Wolf is happy to have him back even though he is still recuperating and can’t do his own stunts, whereas Wes wants him at full fitness. Given how the accident happened, Maze runner probably have to sort out loads of health and safety stuff as well.

Oh, sweetheart. You know he’s not going back to Teen Wolf, don’t you? No actor who’s been tapped to be the protagonist in two big franchises and has a movie coming out with Marky Mark and a whole bunch of A listers would go back to that. You’ll all have to accept eventually that he won’t be in more than two episodes the coming season, and those are the ones he already filmed. Boy is on the fast lane!

Glad the fans will see this franchise end.