On Wednesday, Entertainment Weekly released the first images from the upcoming Disney adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, and the internet is here for Oprah’s bedazzled eyebrows. Photos of Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, and Chris Pine also caught everyone’s attention.
Oprah serving LOOKS in @ava's 'A Wrinkle In Time' ✨ pic.twitter.com/ZbPZnC8PY2
— Complex Pop Culture (@ComplexPop) July 12, 2017
A WRINKLE IN TIME LOOKS SO GOOD. YES AVA YESSSSS https://t.co/kCUQFCZMTj pic.twitter.com/zOnVOBA2uF
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) July 12, 2017
When I tell y'all how excited I am for @ava's #AWrinkleInTime. MAN!
— Ben Frank (@BenFrankIV) July 12, 2017
March cannot get here soon enough. pic.twitter.com/afc8RHoYbc
Chris Pine?!! Oprah? Mindy Kaling? Reese Witherspoon? All directed by @ava ? Good god just take my money already. https://t.co/3YbyJP2BZF
— Suchin Mehrotra (@suchin545) July 12, 2017
If you’re not familiar, A Wrinkle in Time is a science-fantasy novel written by Maeleine L’Engle in 1963. As its name suggests, the book and upcoming film include some mysterious multi-dimensional, space-time bending when lead character Meg goes on a search for her missing father. In the film, the characters played Witherspoon, Kaling, and Oprah are mystical guides to Meg during her journey, which explains the cast’s otherworldly looks in the images.
Not only does the film include some big names, but it’s being directed by the award-winning director Ava DuVernay (Selma and 13th). DuVernay told Entertainment Weekly that she challenged herself to go beyond traditional limits when directing the film. “With these women, I wondered, could we make them women of different ages, body types, races,” DuVernay said. “Could we bring in culture, bring in history in their costumes? And in the women themselves, could we just reflect a fuller breadth of femininity?”
We’re now waiting for an official trailer, which DuVernay says is coming Saturday.
https://twitter.com/ava/status/885165896351625217
The film is set to hit theaters March 2018.