Maze Runner: The Death Cure (also known simply as The Death Cure) is a 2018 American science fiction film directed by Wes Ball and with a screenplay by T. S. Nowlin, based on the 2011 novel The Death Cure written by James Dashner. It is the sequel to the 2015 film Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials and the third and final installment in the Maze Runner film series. Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Patricia Clarkson, Ki Hong Lee, Dexter Darden, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Barry Pepper, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jacob Lofland, Katherine McNamara, Rosa Salazar, and Will Poulter reprise their roles from the previous films with Walton Goggins joining the cast. In the film, Thomas (O'Brien) leads his group of escaped Gladers on a final, dangerous mission to break into the heavily fortified "Last City" to rescue their captured friend, Minho (Lee), and find a definitive cure for the deadly Flare virus.