Thomas Scott Nowlin is an American screenwriter. He is known for writing the screenplays for the film adaptations of James Dashner's The Maze Runner trilogy (2014–2018), Pacific Rim Uprising (2018), and The Adam Project (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article T. S. Nowlin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer and producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are T.S. Nowlin's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 2
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch T.S. Nowlin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (3).
Subscription and free streaming for T.S. Nowlin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
The Legend of Zelda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
The Adam Project(2022)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Pacific Rim: Uprising(2018)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Phoenix Forgotten(2017)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Manson Family Vacation(2015)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The Maze Runner(2014)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 6 of them dated from 2014 to 2022.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do T.S. Nowlin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 44/100 and the plot and story 39/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is T.S. Nowlin's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does T.S. Nowlin work with?
People who share at least 2 of T.S. Nowlin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Wes Ball shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Wes BallShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Phoenix Forgotten (2017), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 4 shared titles with Wes Ball
Writers
- James DashnerShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 3 shared titles with James Dashner
Actors
- Dexter DardenShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Dexter Darden
- Dylan O'BrienShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Dylan O'Brien
- Kaya ScodelarioShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Kaya Scodelario
- Ki Hong LeeShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Ki Hong Lee
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Dan ZimmermanShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Dan Zimmerman
- John PaesanoShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 3 shared titles with John Paesano
- Gyula PadosShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Gyula Pados
Producers
- Eddie GamarraShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Eddie Gamarra
- Ellen Goldsmith-VeinShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
- Joe Hartwick Jr.Shared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Joe Hartwick Jr.
- Lee StollmanShared titles: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Lee Stollman
