Harry Potter, The Twilight Saga y The Hunger Games They set a precedent. If youth franchises based on literary sagas with fantastic or dystopian elements worked in theaters, we had to try our luck with more stories of this style. At least, that’s what they thought in Hollywood. However, bringing a novel aimed at a young audience to the big screen was not always a safe bet. beautiful creatures, Shadowhunters y Divergent They are an example of failures.
It was also a box office and critical disaster. powerful mindsthe adaptation of the first book of a four-part literary saga written by Alexandra Bracken. The film, directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, is set in a dystopia in which Only 2% of those under 20 years of age have survived a plague that has devastated the United States. Those who are still alive have developed powers and are sent to a camp.
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Ruby Daly is the protagonist, a young woman captured by the government. Unlike others like her, she manages to escape the camp and joins a group of fugitives who plan to stand up to the leaders.
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20th Century Studios Amanda Stenberg and Harris Dickinson in ‘Powerful Minds’
powerful minds It was released in theaters in 2018 and included Amanda Stenberg, star of The Acolytefiction Star Wars. Also in the cast are Harris Dickinson, Mandy Moore and Gwendoline Christie. The project also had the seal of the producers of Stranger Things and of The arrival. However, none of that saved the film from disaster.
The film was released to very negative reviews and has a 15% in Rotten Tomatoes. Of course: the difference between the specialized press and the public is abysmal. The audience has given it 71% on the famous aggregator. Critics said of her that “does very little to differentiate itself in a field full of adaptations of literary sagas for young adults, leaving viewers with a dystopian déjà vu”.
powerful minds raised more than 41 million dollars worldwide and had a budget of 34 million dollars. It was a box office failure, since the proceeds did not even double what it cost. Because of this, the sequels were never greenlit. And the end of the film left the door open for a sequel.
If you are curious about this dystopian world, powerful minds is available on Disney+.
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