Dylan O’Brien's injuries put 'Maze Runner' indefinitely on ice
LOS ANGELES -- The Maze Runner hit an obstacle it couldn't scramble over: the still-healing body of Dylan O'Brien.
The poor kid reportedly broke multiple bones in March in a severe stunt-car accident -- no other details were given, but yee-ouch -- and now it appears that he's not healed enough to continue shooting just yet, The Hollywood Reporter first reported Friday.
In a statement confirming the news to Mashable, Fox said:
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The resumption of principal photography on MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE has been further delayed to allow Dylan O’Brien more time to fully recover from his injuries. We wish Dylan a speedy recovery and look forward to restarting production as soon as possible.
Ugh. Maybe Harrison Ford can drop in to make his day?
Obviously this is going to affect the Feb. 17 release date of The Maze Runner: The Death Cure, a problem that Fox will tackle once they know when production will be back on track. And there is other work to be done on the movie in the meantime, to be determined by the rest of the cast and crew's schedules.
The first two Maze Runner films cost less than $100 million combined to make, and together have grossed more than $650 million worldwide. There's no way Fox will let this money-printer get away from them.
But first: Get well Dylan O'Brien, wherever you are. Badly broken bones are a bummer.
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Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
