Getting Ava DuVernay to make space for a dinner date is only going to get tougher in the weeks and months ahead. The filmmaker has already had a busy year, putting together the acclaimed documentary “The 13th” while also gearing up the TV series “Queen Sugar,” and today, cameras start rolling on her next venture, Disney‘s adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle In Time.”
Zach Galifianakis, “The Knick” and “Moonlight” star André Holland, and “Pan” lead Levi Miller have rounded out the cast of the classic novel that takes Meg Murry, her brilliant brother Charles Wallace and their friend Calvin on an unexpected journey into alternate dimensions on a mission to bring home their father.
And it’s truly an all-star ensemble for this effort that will see Oprah Winfrey as Mrs. Which, Reese Witherspoon as Mrs. Whatsit, Mindy Kaling as Mrs. Who, Chris Pine as Mr. Murry, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Mrs. Murry, Zach Galifianakis as The Happy Medium, André Holland as Principal Jenkins, Levi Miller as Calvin, Deric McCabe as Charles Wallace, and newcomer Storm Reid as Meg Murry.
Filming will mostly take place in California, with some production taking place in New Zealand. No release date has been revealed for the movie, but I’d imagine it’ll be late 2017 at the earliest, though 2018 is more likely. Disney tends to give their films and filmmakers lots of breathing room to make their movies right.
