The Ones Who Changed Will Change Everything

If you’re after a new YA book-to-movie adaptation, then The Darkest Minds will be fixing your cravings this month. The new film is based on the novel written by Alexandra Bracken of the same name and the trailer teases fans with a visual as to what they can expect in the upcoming movie.

The sci-fi thriller directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 3) is set to have a run time of an hour and 45 minutes, which will provide the audience with ample time to experience and action-packed and dystopian-like adventure, which could very well rival the entertainment levels provided to us by the popular The Hunger Games series…

From the producers of Stranger Things, the trailer for The Darkest Minds certainly has a peculiar feel to it and it even has similarities the movies such as The Hunger Games, Harry Potter and X-Men – creating yet another example of children with unnatural powers and abilities being forced to band together to overthrow those in positions of power.

The Darkest Minds follows the character of 16-year-old Ruby, played by Amanda Stenberg (Everything, Everything), who just so happens to be one of the most powerful of those now possessing ‘gifts’ that anyone has ever encountered. After escaping her camp, Ruby is united with a group of runaway teenagers who are attempting to seek somewhere safe to hide from the Government determined to capture them. Together, she and her new friends come together to conduct a resistance to stand against those who betrayed them by putting each of their individual abilities to use to save the future of them all. As stated by another character capable of extraordinary abilities within the trailer; “The only people who would ever help us… are us.”.

Overall, The Darkest Minds looks to be a successful movie, which could attract a wide audience and if you are interested in being a part of it and witnessing the revolution begin, then there isn’t much longer to wait. The Darkest Minds is hitting theatres internationally this month, so check out your local listings to find out when you can go see it!

The Darkest Minds stars Amandla Stenberg (Everything, Everything), Mandy Moore (This Is Us), Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), Skylan Brooks (The Get Down), Harris Dickinson (Trust), and Miya Cech (American Horror Story).

Will you be watching The Darkest Minds?  Tell us in the comments below!

Synopsis | Goodreads

When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something frightening enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that got her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that had killed most of America’s children, but she and the others emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they could not control.

Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones. When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. She is on the run, desperate to find the only safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who have escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents. When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at having a life worth living.

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August appears to be a great month for movies, with a great range coming to both theatres and Netflix! This month sees some exciting book-to-movie adaptations including Jenny Han’s YA novel To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians, and Alexandra Bracken’s The Darkest Minds. Other movies we’ll be racing out to see include Christoper Robin starring Ewan McGregor and the beloved Winnie The Pooh characters, Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer in a new Netflix Original movie, Like Father, and a crazy new spy comedy, The Spy Who Dumped Me. But really, all of August’s movies look fantastic and we can’t wait to watch them!

Read on to discover what’s coming out this month and tell us in the comments below what you’re most excited to see!

Christopher Robin

An adult Christopher Robin, who is now focused on his new life, work, and family, suddenly meets his old friend Winnie the Pooh, who returns to his unforgotten childhood past to help him return to the Hundred Acre Wood and help find Pooh’s lost friends. Starring Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge), Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter), and Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) with voices by Jim Cummings (Winnie The Pooh), Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond), and Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who).

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Audrey and Morgan are best friends who unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of the women discovers the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy. Starring Mila Kunis (Bad Moms), Kate McKinnon (Ghostbusters 2016), Justin Theroux (The Girl On The Train), and Sam Heughan (Outlander).

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them…all at once? Lara Jean Song Covey’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control when the love letters for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all– are mysteriously mailed out. From New York Times Bestselling Author, Jenny Han, the film adaption of the popular YA novel stars Lana Condor (X-Men: Apocalypse), Noah Centineo (The Fosters), Israel Broussard (Happy Death Day), Emilija Baranac (Riverdale), Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars), John Corbett (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), and Andrew Bachelor (The Babysitter).

Crazy Rich Asians

This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family. Starring Constance Wu (Fresh Off The Boat), Michelle Yeoh (Star Trek: Discovery), Henry Golding, Awkwafina (Ocean’s Eight), and Ken Jeong (Community).

Like Father

A workaholic woman who is left at the altar takes her honeymoon trip anyway with her overachieving father who left her mother because he believed his family was holding back his career. Starring Kristen Bell (The Good Place), Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), and Seth Rogen (Bad Neighbours).

The Darkest Minds

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. Starring Amandla Stenberg (Everything Everything), Mandy Moore (This Is Us), and Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones).

The Meg

After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. Starring Jason Statham (The Transporter), Ruby Rose (Orange Is The New Black), Jessica McNamee (CHIPS), and Rainn Wilson (The Office).

BlacKkKlansman

Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter. Starring John David Washington (Ballers), Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Topher Grace (That 70s Show), and Ryan Eggold (The Blacklist).

The Happytime Murders

When the puppet cast of an ’80s children’s TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case. Starring Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids), Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games), Joel McHale (Community), and Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids).

Kin

Chased by a vengeful criminal, the feds and a gang of otherworldly soldiers, a recently released ex-con and his adopted teenage brother are forced to go on the run with a weapon of mysterious origin as their only protection. Starring Dennis Quaid, Zoë Kravitz (Big Little Lies), James Franco (The Disaster Artist), Jack Reynor (Strange Angel), and Myles Truitt (Queen Sugar).

The Package

When a group of teenage friends go on a spring break camping trip, an unfortunate accident sets off a race against time to save their friend’s most prized possession. Starring Alexander Calvert (Supernatural), Geraldine Viswanathan (Blockers), Sadie Calvano (Mom), and Daniel Doheny (Alex Strangelove).

Dog Days

Dog Days follows a group of interconnected people in Los Angeles who are brought together by their lovable canine counterparts. Starring Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), Vanessa Hudgens (Powerless), Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), and Lauren Lapkus (Jurassic World).

Mile 22

An elite American intelligence officer, aided by a top-secret tactical command unit, tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of the country. Starring Mark Wahlberg (Transformers: The Last Knight), Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead), and Ronda Rousey (Fast and Furious 7).

The Little Stranger

Dr. Faraday is the son of a housemaid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. During the long hot summer of 1948, he is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked. The Hall has been home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries. But it is now in decline and its inhabitants – mother, son and daughter – are haunted by something more ominous than a dying way of life. When he takes on his new patient, Faraday has no idea how closely, and how disturbingly, the family’s story is about to become entwined with his own. Starring Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina), Josh Dylan (Allied), Will Poulter (The Maze Runner), and Ruth Wilson (The Affair).

What are you looking forward to? Tell us in the comments below!

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From best-selling YA novels such as Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and Dumplin’, to Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer and the adaptation of the Alita graphic novels. Plus then you have classics such as A Wrinkle In Time and Fahrenheit 451.

This is by no means a definitive list as there are many adaptations scheduled for release in 2018, however, there are quite a few that have received no updates so perhaps they may be bumped to 2019. But, we have compiled a list of books that are being adapted into movies and TV this year for you to check out on Goodreads.

Read on to discover what’s coming book adaptations are hitting the theatres in 2018 and tell us in the comments below which ones you are most excited for!

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

The Death Cure by James Dashner / January 26 / TRAILER
Thomas leads some escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Starring Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Rosa Salazar, Giancarlo Esposito and Ki Hong Lee.

12 Strong

Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton / January 26 / TRAILER
In the wake of Sept. 11, Capt. Mitch Nelson leads a U.S. Special Forces team into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. Once there, the soldiers develop an uneasy partnership with the Northern Alliance to take down the Taliban and its al-Qaida allies. Starring Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire), and Taylor Sheridan (Sons of Anarchy).

Annihilation

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer / February 22
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply. Starring Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Oscar Isaac (The Last Jedi), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Atypical), Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok), and Gina Rodriguez (Jane The Virgin).

Every Day

Every Day by David Levithan / February 23 / TRAILER
Rhiannon falls in love with A, a mysterious spirit who inhabits a different body every day, but loving someone who is a different person every 24 hours isn’t easy. Starring Angourie Rice (Spider-Man Homecoming), Debby Ryan, Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man Homecoming), and Justice Smith (The Get Down).

Red Sparrow

Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews / March 2 / TRAILER
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to ‘Sparrow School’ a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. But her first mission, targeting a CIA agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations. Starring Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games), Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds), Joel Edgerton (Bright) and Jeremy Irons (Batman v Superman).

Love, Simon

Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli / March 16
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for Simon, it’s a little more complicated. Starring Katherine Langford and Miles Heizer (13 Reasons Why), Jennifer Garner (Dallas Buyers Club), Josh Duhamel (Safe Haven), Colton Haynes (Arrow), and Nick Robinson (Jurassic World).

A Wrinkle In Time

A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle / March 23 / TRAILER
The film begins after disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him. Starring Rowan Blanchard (Girl Meets World), Chris Pine (Wonder Woman), Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies), Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project), Oprah Winfrey and Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover).

Ready Player One

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline / March 29 / TRAILER
The creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies and he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune. Wade Watts finds the first clue and starts a race for the Egg. Starring Tye Sheridan (X-Men: Apocalypse), Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel), Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One), Mark Rylance (Dunkirk), Simon Pegg (Star Trek), T.J. Miller (Silicon Valley),and Hannah John-Kamen (Killjoys).

Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple / May 11
After her anxiety-ridden mother disappears, 15-year-old Bee does everything she can to track her down, discovering her troubled past in the process. Starring Cate Blanchett (Thor Ragnarok), Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids), and Troian Bellisario (Pretty Little Liars).

Alita: Battle Angel

Alita by Yukito Kishiro / July 20
An action-packed story of one young woman’s journey to discover the truth of who she is and her fight to change the world starring Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials).

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan / August 17
Three aristocratic Chinese families’ love of gossip and backstabbing runs rampant when the heir to a huge fortune returns to marry his Chinese-American girlfriend. Starring Constance Wu (Fresh Off The Boat), Michelle Yeoh (Star Trek Discovery), Gemma Chan (Transformers The Last Knight), Awkwafina, Ken Jeong (Dr Ken) and Harry Shum Jr (Shadowhunters).

The Darkest Minds

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken / September 14
After a disease kills 98% of America’s children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government. Starring Amandla Stenberg (Everything, Everything), Mandy Moore (This Is Us) and Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones).

Boy Erased

Boy Erased by Garrard Conley / September 23
The son of a baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program. Starring Troye Sivan, Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies), Joel Edgerton (Bright) and Russel Crowe.

First Man

First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen / October 12
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Starring Ryan Gosling (La La Land) and Claire Foy (The Crown).

The Girl In The Spider’s Web

The Girl In The Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz / October 19
Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials, which stars Claire Foy (The Crown).

Mortal Engines

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve / December 14
Many years after the “Sixty Minute War,” cities survive a now desolate Earth by moving around on giant wheels attacking and devouring smaller towns to replenish their resources. Starring Hera Hilmar (Da Vinci’s Demons), Hugo Weaving (Lord of the Rings), and Robert Sheehan (Misfits). 

Dumplin’

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy / TBD
A girl with the nickname “Dumplin'” enters a beauty pageant in order to win over the boy she likes and stick it to the other girls at school. Starring Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$), Odeya Rush (Goosebumps), Dove Cameron (Descendants), Bex Taylor-Klaus (Scream 2015), Maddie Baillio (Hairspray Live), and Jennifer Aniston (Friends).

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury / TBD
In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young girl…and begins to rebel against society. Starring Michael B. Jordan (Creed), Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire) and Sofia Boutella (Kingsman).

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han / TBD
A teenage girl’s secret love letters are exposed and wreak havoc on her love life. Starring Lana Condor (X-Men: Apocalypse), Noah Centineo (The Fosters) and Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars).

Bel Canto

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett / TBD
A world-renown opera singer becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she’s invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America. Starring Julianne Moore (Still Alice) and Ken Watanabe (Godzilla).

Ashes In The Snow

Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys / TBD
In 1941, an aspiring artist and her family are deported to Siberia amidst Stalin’s brutal dismantling of the Baltic region. In a seemingly hopeless place, love is the only means of survival. Starring Bel Powley (A Royal Night Out), John Hauer-King (Little Women) and Martin Wallström (Mr Robot).

Black Hand

Black Hand by Will Thomas / TBD
Police officer, Joe Petrosino, seeks justice against a ruthless Italian-American gang in New York. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Which one are you most excited for? Tell us in the comments below!

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