The Glade were originally barren but as more kids arrived they turned it into a home.

The movie opens with Thomas arriving from the elevator in the Glade.

He would show his kids the auditions and get their feedback.

Producer Wyck Godfrey had his 3 boys offer casting advice.

There are an undetermined number of grievers in the maze.

The movie will most likely be a hard PG-13.

The majority of the film takes place in the Glade with the rest in the maze.

The biggest one they found was a 5 foot rattlesnake. Before filming began the wranglers found 25 venomous snakes. The production had to hire snake wranglers to make sure the areas where they were filming were snake free.

While most Hollywood sets are safe and clean, the production decided to film on a location filled with massive bugs and poisonous snakes.

The production filmed over 18 acres of land on a local farm.

Ball watched a lot of Terrence Malick for inspiration as he liked the idea of a mature, sophisticated look to the movie.

Ball mentions Jurassic Park as one of the films that has most influenced his style, as he wants to make a PG-13 movie that doesn’t pander to kids.

Author James Dashner was very involved in the film, speaking with Ball a lot as the script was being written.Ball was actually working with Fox on a big three-film feature adaptation of his short film Ruin when the studio asked him if he’d be interested in The Maze Runner.Ball also calls it a kids movie with teeth.

When he pitched his version of the film to the studio, he described as “ Lord of the Flies meets Lost.” It's like Lost because they don't know where they are.Wes Ball initially thought the story would have more of an old school Amblin vibe, but eventually decided upon a “very raw, very real, very edgy” feel more in line with Lord of the Flies.

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