‘The Darkest Minds’ with Mandy Moore Releases Its First Trailer and Poster

The film adaptation of Alexandra Bracken’s bestselling young adult novel, The Darkest Minds, has just released the first trailer and movie poster. According to the author, the film will cover only the first book in her popular three-book series. Bracken wasn’t involved in the creative designs or casting, however she wrote on her official website that she’s the film’s #1 cheerleader.

Bracken’s The Darkest Minds book series consists of The Darkest Minds, Never Fade, and In the Afterlight. A fourth book, Through the Dark, is made up of three novellas set in The Darkest Minds world: “In Time,” “Sparks Rise,” and “Beyond the Night.”

Bracken’s first novel in the series was adapted by Chad Hodge (Wayward Pines, Good Behavior). Oscar nominee Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2) directs and Shawn Levy and Dan Levine produced the thriller. The cast includes Amandla Stenberg (Everything, Everything) as Ruby, Harris Dickinson (Trust, Beach Rats) as Liam, Mandy Moore (This Is Us) as Cate, Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) as Lady Jane, Miya Cech as Zu, Skylan Brooks (The Get Down) as Chubs, and Patrick Gibson (The White Princess) as Clancy.

20th Century Fox has set an August 3, 2018 theatrical release date.

The Plot: When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. Sixteen-year-old Ruby, one of the most powerful young people anyone has encountered, escapes her camp and joins a group of runaway teens seeking safe haven. Soon this newfound family realizes that, in a world in which the adults in power have betrayed them, running is not enough and they must wage a resistance, using their collective power to take back control of their future.

The Darkest Minds Poster
First poster for ‘The Darkest Minds’ (Photo Courtesy of 20th Century Fox)