‘A Wrinkle In Time’ Trailer: Ava DuVernay’s Fantasy Film Looks Truly Divine
Traveling 91 billion light years has never looked so surreal and fantastic.
A new trailer forAva DuVernay’s adaptation of the Madeleine L’Engle fantasy classicA Wrinkle in Timehas been released by Disney, and it continues the film’s parade of lush visuals and trippy space-time travel.
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The trailer follows young Meg Murray (Storm Reid) as she embarks on an unexpected quest to find her missing scientist father (Chris Pine), aided by the celestial beings Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling), Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon), and Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey) and accompanied by her genius younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) and schoolmate Calvin (Levi Miller). They encounter everything from fifth-dimensional beings to wormholes, until they stumble upon the most disturbing thing of all: a seemingly utopian planet controlled by an unseen force.
Aside from the slow cover of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)' by the Eurythmics, this looks like quite the epic time traveling adventure. It feels like it’s been forever since there has been a live-action, family friendly movie like this with so much potential. Not only is the cast outstanding, but the production design and art direction is vibrant and beautiful as well.
A Wrinkle in Timeis the first theatrical adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s 1961 children’s novel, after the story was first adapted as a made-for-TV movie in 2003 starring Katie Stuart and Alfre Woodard (with all the charm and budget of a Disney TV movie). Both movies took a decidedly lavish approach to adapting the book, which despite its lofty concepts of wormholes and dystopic conformity, is actually quite simplistic in its imagery. The book leaves much room for imagination and thought, which Duvernay seems to have successfully tapped into, telling Entertainment Weekly:
A new poster for the film has also recently been released, depicting Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which, Meg Murray, her genius younger brother Charles Wallace, and her schoolmate Calvin, as they stand in kaleidoscopic fashion around a vision of Meg’s father.
A Wrinkle in Timeis set to hit theaters onMarch 9, 2018.
