The second installment of the series will be based on 'The Scorch Trials', the second of four Maze Runner books, reported Contactmusic.
"Huge news! Scorch Trials, sequel to #MazeRunner, will arrive September 18, 2015," 20th Century Fox has tweeted.
The first installment released in US on September 19, last Friday. It features actor and musician Dylan O'Brien, as well as Kaya Scodelario, who played Effy Stonem in teen drama 'Skins'.
'The Maze Runner' films are based on the novels of James Dashner, whose stories focus on a group of teenage children who are dropped into a vast maze, where they face a mysterious test.