Ever since Jennifer Lawrence called time on Katniss, “Divergent” has fizzled out rather ignominiously “Ender’s Game” and “The 5th Wave” proved to be nonstarters and after a delayed production that saw series lead Dylan O’Brien injured in an on-set accident, “ Maze Runner: The Death Cure,” the third and final entry in Fox’s adaptations of James Dashner’s books, finally arrives this month with relatively little fanfare. After “The Hunger Games” became a genuine phenomenon, studios went on a spending spree, scouring increasingly indistinguishable tales of chosen ones and oppressive government regimes for potential franchises, with decidedly mixed results. The past few years have been a rather dystopian era for dystopian YA film adaptations.
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