Storm Reid Cast as Meg Murry in Disney’s A Wrinkle In Time! #AWrinkleInTime
We have our first twinklings of the upcoming Disney film A Wrinkle In Time. After an extensive search, The Walt Disney Studios has announced that 13-year-old Storm Reid will play the lead role of Meg Murry in the upcoming Disney live action adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle In Time. This has to be one of my favorite parts of Disney movies; watching them grow! It is so much fun to watch the first photos and video clips coming out. It’s like watching a flower bloom 😀 Be sure to keep checking back. There will be so much more to come on this film and I’ll have it all here for you first!
Said director Ava DuVernay,”After an extensive search that spanned multiple dimensions, we’re overjoyed to welcome Storm Reid to WRINKLE IN TIME as our beloved “Meg.” Storm is a tremendously talented young actress who embodies the hopes, dreams and spirit of a character much loved by audiences worldwide for generations. I can’t wait to work with Storm as we chronicle Meg’s epic quest, alongside Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling as Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who. Tesser well!”
Reid’s first theatrical film role was in the Academy Award-winning 12 YEARS A SLAVE where she played Emily, and she has also appeared in AMERICAN GIRL: LEA TO THE RESCUE and SLEIGHT, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Most recently, she shot a starring role in Judy Greer’s directorial debut A HAPPENING OF MONUMENTAL PROPROTIONS (2017), alongside Allison Janney, Common and Bradley Whitford. She is represented by Stella Alex from the Savage Agency, Principato-Young Entertainment, and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson.
Reid joins a cast which already includes Oprah Winfrey in the role of Mrs. Which, Reese Witherspoon in the role of Mrs. Whatsit and Mindy Kaling in the role of Mrs. Who. The actors shared the official news on Twitter.
The film is directed by Ava DuVernay (SELMA) from a script by Jennifer Lee (FROZEN). Jim Whitaker and Catherine Hand are producing the film, which will begin production later this year.
What better place to get your confirmation than with a Twitter exchange between Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling confirming the news, right?! Read below and enjoy 😀
It was a dark and stormy night…I wwondder wwhat Mrs. Whatsit is uupp to? @Rwitherspoon
— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) September 13, 2016
. @Oprah Wild nights are my glory! Don’t you agree, Mrs. Who? @mindykaling https://t.co/gMMlVSoDcL
— Reese Witherspoon (@RWitherspoon) September 14, 2016
.@rwitherspoon @oprah I do! And good news! We’ve found Meg! Hi, @AlwayzStormn! @Disney https://t.co/iOjqjxqktx
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) September 14, 2016
