History Trivia / MazeRunnerTheDeathCure

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Producers considered [[DividedForAdaptation splitting the book into two films]], as had been done with ''{{Literature/Twilight}}'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'', and ''Film/HarryPotter''. After the lukewarm receptions to the Part Ones of the former two and the flopping of ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant'' (intended to be a Part One for the ''{{Literature/Divergent}}'' finale) they went with just one film.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Producers considered splitting the book into two films, as had been done with ''{{Literature/Twilight}}'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'', and ''Film/HarryPotter''. After the lukewarm receptions to the Part Ones of the former two and the flopping of ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant'' (intended to be a Part One for the ''{{Literature/Divergent}}'' finale) they went with just one film.

* EnforcedMethodActing: [[spoiler: When Thomas is reading Newt's letter in the ending scene, Thomas Brodie Sangster was sitting just off camera. He read the letter aloud to help get a genuine reaction out of Dylan O'Brien]].

* RealitySubtext: Thomas Brodie Sangster wrote Newt's letter on his own.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Producers considered splitting the book into two films, as had been done with ''{{Literature/Twilight}}'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'', and ''Film/HarryPotter''. After the lukewarm receptions to the Part Ones of the former two and the flopping of ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant'' (intended to be a Part One for the ''{{Literature/Divergent}}'' finale) they went with just one film.

* StudioHop: As with the previous ''Maze Runner'' films, the rights are currently owned by Creator/{{Disney}} due to their buyout of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox in 2019.

* BillingDisplacement: Katherine [=McNamara=] is given prominent billing – possibly due to her role in ''{{Series/Shadowhunters}}''. She only appears in the first few scenes and does not reappear until the end.

* ThrowItIn:
** The shot that Dylan O'Brien injured himself doing – jumping from the window of a moving car to the WCKD train – is used in the film. Dylan gave his approval for it to be used, saying "I would be more heartbroken than if it just went to waste."
** Brenda's change of hairstyle was because Rosa Salazar had been required to grow it out for ''Alita: Battle Angel'' – and the TimeSkip justified her hair growing long. Ironically it's now closer to how it was in the book.

* MilestoneCelebration: The film is scheduled to be released exactly two months after James Dashner's 45th birthday.

* AdaptationalContextChange: Newt [[spoiler: being infected with the virus]] is known from the start of the book, but not revealed until about forty minutes into the film.

* BillingDisplacement: Katherine [=McNamara=] is given prominent billing - possibly due to her role in ''{{Series/Shadowhunters}}''. She only appears in the first few scenes and does not reappear until the end.

** The shot that Dylan O'Brien injured himself doing - jumping from the window of a moving car to the WCKD train - is used in the film. Dylan gave his approval for it to be used, saying "I would be more heartbroken than if it just went to waste."
** Brenda's change of hairstyle was because Rosa Salazar had been required to grow it out for ''Alita: Battle Angel'' - and the TimeSkip justified her hair growing long. Ironically it's now closer to how it was in the book.

* ReleaseDateChange: The film was scheduled to be released on February 17, 2017 but Fox delayed it several times until they finally settled January 26, 2018 release date because of Creator/DylanOBrien's head injury while filming.

* TroubledProduction: Creator/DylanOBrien suffered a serious head injury while filming on location in Vancouver on March 14, 2016, four days after principal photography commenced. Production was originally scheduled to resume on May 9, 2016 after O'Brien recovered, with principal photography completing on July 26. Once Fox realized the seriousness of O'Brien's injuries, however, production was shut down indefinitely on April 29, 2016. Production would resume on March 6, 2017.

* ReleaseDateChange: The film was scheduled to be released on February 17, 2017 but Fox delayed it several times until they finally settled January 26, 2018 release date because of Creator/DylanOBrien's injuries while filming.
* TroubledProduction: Creator/DylanOBrien was injured while filming on location in Vancouver on March 14, 2016, four days after principal photography commenced. Production was originally scheduled to resume on May 9, 2016 after O'Brien recovered, with principal photography completing on July 26. Once Fox realized the seriousness of O'Brien's injuries, however, production was shut down indefinitely on April 29, 2016. Production would resume on March 6, 2017.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/DylanOBrien was injured while filming on location in Vancouver on March 14, 2016, four days after principal photography commenced. Production was originally scheduled to resume on May 9, 2016 after O'Brien recovered, with principal photography completing on July 26. Once Fox realized the seriousness of O'Brien's injuries, however, production was shut down indefinitely on April 29, 2016. Production would resume on March 6, 2017.

* BoxOfficeBomb: The film's final domestic box office run of $58,032,443 falls short of its $62 million budget, although [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it did well overseas]] (worldwide box office gross is $284,879,049). Still, it is the lowest grossing film in the franchise and would have likely [[FranchiseKiller put it on hold]] even if it is not the last in the trilogy.

* BoxOfficeBomb: The film's final domestic box office run of $58,032,443 falls short of its $62 million budget, although [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it did well overseas]] (worldwide box office is $284,879,049). Still, it is the lowest grossing film in the franchise and would have likely [[FranchiseKiller put it on hold]] even if it is not the last in the trilogy.

* Shout Out: [[spoiler: [[When Janson (Aidan Gillen) is attempting to kill Thomas, he explains that he had to scrap and claw for everything he earned, while Thomas did not deserve his immunity to the virus. In * Game of Thrones, Petyr Baelish(also Gillen)passively-aggressively insults Cersei for being born into royalty, while he worked for his position on the Council.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Dylan O'Brien was injured while filming on location in Vancouver on March 14, 2016, four days after principal photography commenced. Production was originally scheduled to resume on May 9, 2016 after O'Brien recovered, with principal photography completing on July 26. Once Fox realized the seriousness of O'Brien's injuries, however, production was shut down indefinitely on April 29, 2016. Production would resume on March 6, 2017.

* ReleaseDateChange: The film was scheduled to be released on February 17, 2017 but Fox delayed it several times until they finally settled January 26, 2018 release date because of Dylan O'Brien's injuries while filming.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Dylan O'Brien was injured while filming on location in Vancouver on March 14, 2016, four days after principal photography commenced. Production was originally scheduled to resume on May 9, 2016 after O'Brien recovered, with principal photography completing on July 26. Once Fox realized the seriousness of O'Brien's injuries, however, production was shut down indefinitely on April 29, 2016. Production would eventually resume on March 6, 2017 and would finally conclude three months later.

* ReleaseDateChange: The film was scheduled to be released on February 17, 2017. When Dylan O'Brien was injured, Fox delayed the film's release and, in May 2016, pushed the release date to January 12, 2018. In April 2017, the release date was changed again to February 9, 2018. By August 25, the studio finally settled on a January 26, 2018 release date.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When Dylan O'Brien was injured filming on location in Vancouver four days after principal photography commenced, production was halted indefinitely until O'Brien recovered. Production would eventually resume on March 6, 2017.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was originally scheduled for release on February 16, 2017, after principal photography was completed on July 26, 2016. However, owing to Dylan O'Brien's on-set injuries four days after principal photography commenced, production resumed on March 6, 2017 and the release date was moved to January 12, 2018. In April 2017, Fox changed the release date to February 9 before finally settling on January 26 in August.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was originally scheduled for release on February 16, 2017, after principal photography was completed on July 26, 2016. However, owing to Dylan O'Brien's on-set injuries four days after principal photography commenced, production resumed on March 6, 2017 and the release date was moved to January 12, 2018.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was originally scheduled for release on February 16, 2017, after principal photography was completed on July 26, 2016. However, owing to Dylan O'Brien's on-set injuries in April, production resumed on March 6, 2017 and the release date was moved to January 12, 2018.