Fox has debuted the teaser trailer for "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials," the sequel to director Wes Ball's 2014 sci-fi blockbuster.

Based on the second novel in James Dashner's bestselling young-adult dystopian trilogy, "The Scorch Trials"  picks ups with Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his fellow Gladers faced with 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.

Opening Sept. 18, "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" also stars Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Patricia Clarkson, Rosa Salazar, Jacob Lofland, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen and Lili Taylor.