Zu takes Ruby to Liam, a Blue, and his friend Charles (Chubs), a Green. Ruby makes her escape with a mute little girl named Suzume (Zu), a Yellow. When Ruby gets visions while touching Rob, another League member, she becomes suspicious of their intentions. Cate, a worker at the camp, provides Ruby with a panic button that can be activated as a tracker if she is in danger. Six years later, Ruby is helped to escape her prison by a resistance group known as the Children's League to fight for her future. Children who are Red and Orange are considered too dangerous with their powers and supposed to be killed instantly, but she touches the doctor who is classifying her and puts the thought in his head that she is a Green.

Ruby Daly is an Orange, which means she has the psionic ability to get into people's mind. The children are divided into groups: Green (have increased intelligence), Blue ( telekinesis), Yellow (can manipulate electricity), Red (can control fire), and Orange (have telepathy and mind control capabilities). These survivors with superpowers are imprisoned throughout the country. In a dystopian future, a contagious disease called Idiopathic Adolescent Acute Neurodegeneration (IAAN) kills nearly 90 percent of all children and teenagers living in the United States, leaving the survivors with unusual abilities.

It received negative reviews from critics, with criticisms towards its acting, direction, screenplay, and 'lack of personality.' The film was also a box-office bomb, having grossed just $41.1 million worldwide against a $34 million budget. The Darkest Minds was released in the United States on August 3, 2018, by 20th Century Fox.

Stenberg was cast two years later on Septemand principal photography began in April 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. On September 15, 2014, it was announced that 20th Century Fox had bought the rights to the novel and that Levy would produce the film through his 21 Laps Entertainment. It follows a group of young children and teenagers who are on the run from the government after mysteriously obtaining superpowers. The film stars Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, Mandy Moore and Gwendoline Christie. Based on Alexandra Bracken's 2012 young adult novel of the same name, it was produced by Shawn Levy and Dan Levine. The Darkest Minds is a 2018 American dystopian science fiction film directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and written by Chad Hodge.

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