Maze and Labyrinth News - December 2025

I am back again with all the things I found during the month that didn’t quite fit into it’s own blog post, but that I found interesting about mazes and labyrinths. There is a lot of news this month ! Before we get started, don’t forget there are some perfect gifts for maze and labyrinth lovers.

• A new movie, Labyrinth….wait 2 movies

I saw an article about a new movie, Labyrinth, which had it’s US premiere at genre festival FilmQuest on October 31st in Provo Utah. It is a horror film that is described as “A group of strangers are brought together to be judged for their past transgressions in a facility where they must run a gauntlet of deadly challenges.” You can see the details of the movie on the FilmQuest website. This seems like a maze movie to me.

Then I saw there is another movie called Labyrinth, coming out in January of 2026, also by a Japanese director that is animated. This film is by Shoji Kawamori and seems to be about an alternate world inside your cellphone. A multiverse for you comic book fans. That movie has a trailer:

• Some new music “The Labyrinth”

If you like your music a bit heavier than most this new song might be for you. This song by Black Orchid is from the perspective of the minotaur. I have written about songs with the name labyrinth before: Lost in the Melodies: Exploring the Best Songs Named Labyrinth.

• A tree labyrinth project in Swindon, England

I saw this interesting article about the making of a labyrinth in Lydiard Park that is the called the 80 Oaks Labyrinth. And as you may have guessed it was made by planting 80 oak trees into concentric circles. So this future will grow over time. The labyrinth is a tribute to the soldiers of WW2. This article shows diagrams of the plans and placement.

• A Labyrinth discovery in Crete ?

If there is one place interesting to find a 4000 year old labyrinth it would be Crete. Archeologists there discovered a circular structure, appearing to be 8 concentric rings during the building of a new airport.

• An underground city in Iran

A saw this video while researching another underground city in Iran. It sure looks like a maze to me, and reminds me of my trip to Maastricht (The Subterranean Maze: Unraveling the Caves of Maastricht).

• The movie Labyrinth is returning to theaters

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Jim Henson movie Labyrinth the movie will return to theaters from January 8th to 11th. It will also be a 4K remastered version. Check your local theaters for showtimes !

• 99 Nights hedge maze solution

When I think of maze video games I think of Minecraft and Pac-Man, but I came across this maze in the game 99 Nights in the Forest and I found myself interested in watching. You can play on crazygames.

• A large straw maze in opened in China

In the Heilongjiang province in China a 13K square-meter maze was built and is now open to the public. It was made from bails of rice straw. Click on the photo in this story to see a quick 10 second flyover.

• A straw maze in Burley, Idaho for Christmas

What do you do with a straw bale maze you had set-up for Halloween ? Leave it up but change the decorations for Christmas seems like a good idea to me. The Lost In Christmas Straw Maze is open in Burley, Idaho on Friday and Saturday nights. Check out this video from KMVT11.

• Myles Garrett is really good at football

Back in 2023, Mapleside Farms, an 100 acre farm located in Brunswick, OH featured a Myles Garrett corn maze. Maybe you’ve heard - he seems to be having a great season this year. While the original maze is gone, it lives on thanks to YouTube, and you can still visit the farm for the holidays!

• Escape Artists Logo

I sat down to watch The Equalizer 3, and I caught the logo for Escape Artists, the production company. The company has been around since 2001 and this was the first time I noticed the logo of a maze of an eye. Very cool logo. And I really like that it is grey walls on a black background. It also has a gradient effect with a brighter center and darker edges. Cool solvable maze.

Some news is evergreen and can be found in past monthly news posts:

June 2025, July 2025, August 2025 , September 2025 , October 2025 and November 2025

Vehicle Maze - SpaceX Starship Maze

When I looked into making mazes for this collection many of the space vehicles are famous from science fiction movies and stories. But I wanted to make real space bound crafts, so I went with this SpaceX Starship Maze. Part of the Land, Air, Sea and Space Vehicle Maze collection. The background was made using starryai to enhance the illustration.

Downloads are available in the Vehicle Maze section of the site.

Maze Comic Book Cover #101 - Yeti or Not

Issue #101 in my comic book cover series is called Yeti or Not and features a maze of a Yeti also know as an Abominable Snowman. This particular Yeti has a very square shaped face and lives in the forests of Alaska (thus the white fur). It might be an albino yeti with the white ears, lips and eyes.

My comic book cover mazes can be found in 2 places:

Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 1 (Issues #1-53)

Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 2

To receive a book of my first year of comic book book mazes (Volume 1 with mazes #1-53) you can sign up for my book alerts - any time I launch a free maze book, or paid book (on Amazon), I will send you a note about the new book launch.

Maze of the Week #205 - Space Shuttle Maze

Finally, we have a space maze ! Introducing Maze of the Week #205 featuring the Space Shuttle Maze. I considered making this maze #200 before settling on the taxi cab maze. This iconic vehicle had to be a part of the collection. The panels of the shuttle and the rockets made for great gridded pathways to hold the maze.

Free Maze download is available in the Vehicle Maze section of the site.