Introducing the Brilliant Young Characters of The Darkest Minds

They’re young, angry, and can control your thoughts or use telekinesis to throw a car at you. No wonder their government is afraid of them.

The Darkest Minds began as a young adult novel by Alexandra Bracken. It quickly became a hit, and in less than three years, Bracken released two more novels to complete the trilogy. Last week, Arrival and Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy brought the narrative to the big screen with Kung Fu Panda 2 and 3 director Jennifer Yuh Nelson at the helm.

Makeup Designer Donald Mowat on The Darkest Minds‘ Subtle Sorcery

With a three-decade career in the film industry, you’d think makeup designer Donald Mowat has seen it all. The Emmy winner has worked on projects from The Fighter to Planet of the Apes, and we’ve already had the chance to discuss his masterful work on Blade Runner 2049 and Stronger. However, there are genres that have eluded Mowat for decades, and now he is making an effort to turn over every stone–and is having a great time doing it.

Ruby Dreams of What Could Have Been in Heartbreaking The Darkest Minds Trailer

In an uncertain world, we could all use a good love story to get us through. The Darkest Minds is a bleak situation, but Liam (Harris Dickinson) tries to shed some light with an alternate reality. Boy meets girl at the beach is about the farthest possible situation from the post-apocalyptic world he inhabits, but a new trailer for The Darkest Minds stays hopeful.

Ever since an adolescent plague has wiped out nearly the entire children’s population in the world,

Jennifer Yuh Nelson’s The Darkest Minds Drops Chilling new Teaser

“If you can hear this, you’re one of us. If you’re one of us, come find us.” 20th Century Fox’s upcoming film The Darkest Minds is playing with our own, leaving us eager to know who is “one of them.” Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson adapted author Alexandra Bracken’s story about a nation-wide epidemic called IAAN that has left 90% of the country’s children dead. Who is behind this demonizing disease?

The Darkest Minds Trailer Reveals Superpowered Teens on the Run

Superheroes aren’t always adults (as Peter Parker has proved), and they’re not always operating in a world that cares for what they have to offer (see Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice). And sometimes, they’re not only not adults nor area they welcome, they’re being actively hunted or imprisoned. This the backdrop in which 20th Century Fox’s new film The Darkest Minds takes place, and a new trailer introduces us to a plucky group of very powerful kids in a story so timely it seems ripped from the headlines (and then filtered through a Marvel comic book).