The Gladers are facing their greatest challenge yet, as they search for clues about the mysterious organization known as WCKD, in the highly anticipated first trailer for the upcoming film, ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.’ The action-adventure’s distributor, 20th Century Fox, debuted the clip for the next chapter of the epic ‘Maze Runner’ saga, which it will release in theaters on September 18, 2015.

The film serves as a sequel to last year’s hit sci-fi dystopian thriller, ‘The Maze Runner,’ which was based on James Dashner’s 2009 novel of the same name. The original movie’s director, Wes Ball, returned to helm ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.’ The follow-up’s screenplay was penned by T.S. Nowlin, who based the story on Dashner’s 2010 novel, ‘The Scorch Trials,’ the second book in ‘The Maze Runner’ book trilogy.

The second installment in the film series sees the return of several actors from its predecessor, including Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Patricia Clarkson. New additions to the cast include Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Barry Pepper and Lili Taylor.

20th Century Fox has released the following synopsis for ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’:

In this next chapter of the epic ‘Maze Runner’ saga, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

Watch the anticipated first trailer for, and check out the official poster from, ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ below. For more information on the action-adventure sequel, visit its official website, as well as its Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google+ pages.

Written by: Karen Benardello