After making this pivot, Steven DeKnight brought in T.S. Nowlin, the writer of the Maze Runner movies, to make the script, written by Kira Snyder and Emily Carmichael, work for Jake Pentecost.
Jake Pentecost has this impossible legacy to live up to as he carries the weight of the world and his name on his shoulders.
He was one of the people who came up with the idea that changed the protagonist and ultimately saved the film after Charlie Hunnam’s exit.
That can’t be an easy thing to be prepping for a huge blockbuster and then to have your star not return.