The Darkest Minds is a 2018 English-language Action Adventure motion picture written by Chad Hodge and directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and produced by Shawn Levy and Dan Levine under the banner of 21 Laps Entertainment. After a disease killed 98% of children and young people in the United States, the 2% who managed to survive have developed superpowers, but have been locked in internment camps after being declared a threat. 16-year-old, Ruby, manages to escape from her camp and joins a group of teenagers fleeing government forces. The darkest minds stars Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, Mandy Moore, Gwendoline Christie, Bradley Whitford, Patrick Gibson and Jaydin Mccollum. The film is based on The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken. The music was composed by Benjamin Wallfisch. Cinematography was done by Kramer Morgenthau and editing by Maryann Brandon. The movie has a running time of 105 minutes. It was released on 2nd August 2018. The Darkest Minds was made on a budget of $34 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $41 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by 20th Century Fox.