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The second installment in the Maze Runner saga, The Scorch Trials , due in cinemas in September. S uch was the confidence Twentieth Century Fox had in The Maze Runner that they greenlit a sequel before the original had even opened. The Maze Runner:The ScorchTrials is currently in production and is due to open in cinemas in September. Wes Ball is back on board as director, as well as stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie- Sangster, Ki Hong Lee and Patricia Clarkson. Newcomers to the cast include Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) , Barry Pepper (The Lone Ranger) and Lili Taylor (The Conjuring) , plus two familiar faces from Game OfThrones , Nathalie Emmanuel and Aiden Gillen. Based on the second book in by James Dashner’s trilogy, this finds the Gladers facing another hostile landscape, The Scorch, a futuristic wasteland ravaged by solar flares. “We’ve got some awesome locations out in New Mexico that we’ve found,” enthuses Ball.

“The cast won’t have to use quite as much of their imaginations, so it’s going to be cool.” Fox has yet to announce a third film but most expect Death Cure will slot into 2016. Ball has been quoted as saying that if he is back on board he will not follow the recent trend of splitting concluding franchise movies into two parts. Fortunately, for the studio Dashner has already penned a prequel The Kill Orde r, with a fifth book The Fever Code due in 2016. “From the very beginning, I’ve always wanted to write a prequel about Thomas, Teresa, Newt and all the Gladers that leads up to the very moment Thomas enters The Box,” Dashner says. “There are so many things hinted at that will be fun to reveal in depth. For years, fans have made it abundantly clear that they want the same thing, so now seems like the perfect time to give readers the story of how The Maze began.” Meanwhile, JB Hi-Fi has lined up a fab collector’s edition of The Maze Runner , which includes a 24-page prequel comic book. Available only at JB Hi-Fi from January 21. For more on The Maze Runner, see page 22

REALITY BITES FOR WAHLBERG

as well as making the odd cameo appearance. However, he will next be seen in The Gambler , a remake of 1974 drama starring James Caan about a literary professor whose life spirals out of control because of his gambling addiction. It is expected here in March and will be followed in June by Ted 2 , the sequel to Seth MacFarlane’s 2012 comedy smash. Further down the line, Wahlberg will reportedly play Steve Austin in the big screen version of the ‘70s TV favourite The Six Million Dollar Man and is also attached to a movie set against the backdrop of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in 2010.

Bob Marley would have been 70 this year and to mark the occasion, a bumper reissue programme is planned. The Marley family has given Universal Music unprecedented access to material from their private collections and their vaults, resulting in a wealth of previous unreleased material and deluxe reissues throughout the year. Kicking things off on February 3 will be Bob Marley & The Wailers: Easy Skanking In Boston ’78, which will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and CD, and features classics such as No Woman, No Cry, I Shot The Sheriff and Get Up Stand Up. The video was shot with a hand-held camera by a fan that Marley allowed to sit right in front of the stage; unfortunately he was shooting with film and needed to change rolls during the performance, so the gaps in the live footage have been augmented with specially created animation.

Wahlburgers

Expect to see plenty of Mark Wahlberg in 2015, both as himself and in eclectic line-up of new films. This February sees the DVD release of the first season of his family reality show Wahlburgers , which follows the personal and professional life of his brother Paul as he seeks to expand his hamburger restaurant business. Wahlberg will also play himself in the big screen version of Entourage , which is expected in cinemas in June. The HBO hit, which ran for eight seasons, was loosely based on the star’s own experiences and he served as executive producer,

Wahlburgers: The Complete First Season is out on February 4

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