The Darkest
Minds is the first of a trilogy aimed at Young Adults. Try and contain your
shock at that prospect. Unlike successes like the Hunger Games this film
adaptation bombed critically and commercially. Is that because of the
adaptation? Let’s take a look
The Darkest
Minds was written by Alexandra Bracken, handling the adaptation is Chad Hodge,
who has worked on adapting a stage play from a musical but this is his first
foray into movies, as he’d mostly worked on TV. Jenifer Yuh Nelson is in the
director’s chair, and she’s got a decent record, but mostly in animation being
responsible for directing the Kung Fu Panda sequels.
I know they
really wanted to hype the Stranger Things connection in the trailers but in
truth, Sean Levy is one of the producers, he has a decent track record
including Arrival, but there’s a limit to what producers actually do for film,
other than secure funding and arrange schedules, which is why I generally don’t
mention them.
