Lili Taylor Joins Cast of MAZE RUNNER Sequel

By: Nov. 03, 2014
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According to Deadline, Lili Taylor has signed on for Fox's sequel to THE MAZE RUNNER, titled THE SCORCH TRIALS.

In the first film, when Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape. Based on the best-selling novel by James Dashner

The film stars O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Will Poulter.

The studio greenlight THE MAZE RUNNER's sequel just days after the first opened in theaters. The film took the top spot at the weekend box, taking in $32.5 million domestically.

THE MAZE RUNNER sequel will hit theaters on September 18th, 2015.

Lili Taylor (Sally Truman) won both an Obie Award and a Drama League Award for her performance in Aunt Dan & Lemon and earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for The Dead Eye Boy. She has also starred in Landscape of the Body, Mourning Becomes Electra and Aven' U Boys. She made her Broadway debut in Chekov's Three Sisters and made her directorial debut with Halcyon Days for her own theatre company, Machine Full. Taylor has received praise for her wide range of performances on film, stage, and television. She next can be seen in Antoine Fuqua's Brookyln's Finest and most recently appeared in Michael Mann's Public Enemies opposite Johnny Depp. Recent films include Starting Out in the Evening opposite Frank Langella, The Promotion opposite John C. Reilly, The Secret, The Notorious Bettie Page and Factotum, earning her best actress at the Copenhagen Film Festival. Other films include A Slipping Down Life, Casa de los Babys, Live from Baghdad, High Fidelity, Pecker, Short Cuts, Ready to Wear, Born on the Fourth of July, Dogfight, Say Anything, Mystic Pizza, Arizona Dream, and The Addiction. Taylor earned an Emmy nomination and a Screen Actor's Guild Award for her work on "Six Feet Under," a Blockbuster award for Ransom, an Independent Spirit Award for Household Saints, and the first Special Grand Jury Prize for Acting at Sundance in 1995 for her work in Girls Town, Cold Fever, and I Shot Andy Warhol.

Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski



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