Django Unchained actorĀ Walton Goggins is fast filling up his slate for the opening third of 2018.
As we learned back in December, Goggins is one of many stars set to appear in Warner Bros. and MGM’s Tomb Raider reboot – expect Lara Croft’s origin story to light up theaters on March 16th – and we now have confirmation of another tentpole to add to the actor’s stacked schedule.
Per Deadline, Walton Goggins has officially climbed aboard Wes Ball’s long-brewing YA sequel, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, where he’ll play the volatileĀ Lawrence. Part anarchist, part revolutionary, Lawrence is considered to be a “voice for the voiceless people,” and those familiar withĀ James Dashner’s third Maze Runner novel will know that The Death Cure largely revolves around Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his painstaking searchĀ to find a cure for “Flare,” theĀ pathogen developed in the bowels ofĀ WICKED (World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department). Cue the inevitable scramble to ward off the impending apocalypse. In light of today’s casting coup, Goggins now completes a roster comprised ofĀ Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter and Patricia Clarkson, and production is expected to get underway in South Africa in the coming weeks.
Angled as the third and final entry in toĀ 20th Century Fox’s film franchise,Ā Maze Runner: The Death Cure will be with us on February 9th, 2018. Curious to know how Wes Ball’s dystopian threequel is coming together? Over the weekend, MTV rolled out a new featurette for The Death Cure in which a fully-recoveredĀ Dylan OāBrien takes you into the bowels ofĀ WICKED (World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department). Check it out below.