“Maze Runner: The Death Cure” has been pushed nearly another year to allow star Dylan O’Brien to recover from on-set injuries. The film was originally slated for release on February 17, 2017, but star Dylan O’Brien suffered serious injuries during an on-set accident in March, which shut production down.
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O’Brien was hurt in March while filming a auto scene for “The Death Cure”, suffering several broken bones.
The injuries, which O’Brien received during a shoot back in March, were serious enough to hospitalize the actor at the time – and now, they are so serious combined with the recovery time, that producers feel the need to push the movie back further.
Fox now aims to release the sequel to its 2014 feature film on January 12, 2018, TheWrap has learned.
“Dylan O’Brien was injured yesterday while filming “Maze Runner: The Death Cure” in Vancouver, Canada”, a Fox spokesperson said at the time.
Production on the movie has not started up again and there is no word yet on when it will.
However, it has been announced that Maze Runner would still make it to the big screen with its release being pushed back to only 2018.
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Fox made the release date announcement while also confirming Alita: Battle Angel, an upcoming action film directed by Robert Rodriguez. The films are based on the young-adult novels by James Dasher.
