EXCLUSIVE
"Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke is returning to young adult territory, and this time there are no vampires in sight.
Hardwicke is in early negotiations to direct "The Maze Runner" for 20th Century Fox, the filmmaker's publicist has confirmed to TheWrap.
"The Maze Runner" is the first book in James Dashner's popular sci-fi trilogy, which Random House's Delacorte Press published in October 2009. The author is expected to adapt the screenplay.
The Gotham Group's Lindsay Williams will produce the dystopian picture.
The story follows a boy named Thomas who wakes up in a strange place called the Glade with no memory aside from his first name.