To say The Notebook had a devoted, built-in audience before it sang so much as a note on Broadway would be an understatement this romantic tear-jerker never attempts.
Based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 bestseller about a young – then older, then much older – couple who survives a lifetime of tribulations (until they don’t), the musical opening tonight at the Schoenfeld Theatre is the theatrical equivalent of muzak, comforting in its unapologetically manipulative way and unabashed in its disregard for anything approaching the grit of the real world.
The reference to muzak, by the way, isn’t meant to suggest that composer Ingrid Michaelson looks back quite that far for her musical inspirations. She has a lovely way with a melody, even if so many of the songs...
Based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 bestseller about a young – then older, then much older – couple who survives a lifetime of tribulations (until they don’t), the musical opening tonight at the Schoenfeld Theatre is the theatrical equivalent of muzak, comforting in its unapologetically manipulative way and unabashed in its disregard for anything approaching the grit of the real world.
The reference to muzak, by the way, isn’t meant to suggest that composer Ingrid Michaelson looks back quite that far for her musical inspirations. She has a lovely way with a melody, even if so many of the songs...
- 3/15/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Much has been made of the budget allotted to the big screen adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel A Wrinkle in Time and how Director Ava DuVernay was a woman tackling something so massive. That’s a lot of press and pressure on a risky venture considering the novel may be beloved but not in the public consciousness. Thankfully, there have been other hits and misses to take attention away from the fact that this entertaining effectively flopped.
The movie, out today on Blu-ray from Walt Disney Home Entertainment, is a solid if flawed adaptation, that somehow missed the magical touch to enthrall younger viewers. As a result, the film is hovering near the $100 million domestic gross with prognosticators estimating it will lose the studio at least that much.
And that’s a shame because it deserves to be seen. The movie is colorful, visual treat that fully realizes L’Engle’s worlds,...
The movie, out today on Blu-ray from Walt Disney Home Entertainment, is a solid if flawed adaptation, that somehow missed the magical touch to enthrall younger viewers. As a result, the film is hovering near the $100 million domestic gross with prognosticators estimating it will lose the studio at least that much.
And that’s a shame because it deserves to be seen. The movie is colorful, visual treat that fully realizes L’Engle’s worlds,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Burbank, Calif. — Just in time for summer break, Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, from acclaimed director Ava DuVernay, comes home May 29 on Digital HD, 4K Ultra HD and Movies Anywhere and June 5 on Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, DVD and On-Demand. The stunning story of an ordinary girl’s extraordinary adventure through time and space offers exhilarating entertainment and positive messages for the whole family—encouraging self-confidence, inclusion and pushing imagination to the next level.
Families who bring home A Wrinkle in Time will go behind the scenes to meet the talented crafts persons, actors and filmmakers who brought to life every spectacular detail of this triumphant tale. Bonus material includes an extended featurette providing inside access to the A-list cast and crew; insightful audio commentary from director Ava DuVernay and team; deleted scenes; bloopers; and two music videos, including “I Believe” performed by Grammy®-nominated music mogul DJ Khaled...
Families who bring home A Wrinkle in Time will go behind the scenes to meet the talented crafts persons, actors and filmmakers who brought to life every spectacular detail of this triumphant tale. Bonus material includes an extended featurette providing inside access to the A-list cast and crew; insightful audio commentary from director Ava DuVernay and team; deleted scenes; bloopers; and two music videos, including “I Believe” performed by Grammy®-nominated music mogul DJ Khaled...
- 4/25/2018
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Just in time for summer break, Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time from acclaimed director Ava DuVernay, comes home May 29 on Digital HD, 4K Ultra HD and Movies Anywhere and June 5 on Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, DVD and On-Demand. The stunning story of an ordinary girl’s extraordinary adventure through time and space offers exhilarating entertainment and positive messages for the whole family—encouraging self-confidence, inclusion and pushing imagination to the next level.
Families who bring home Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time will go behind the scenes to meet the talented crafts persons, actors and filmmakers who brought to life every spectacular detail of this triumphant tale. Bonus material includes an extended featurette providing inside access to the A-list cast and crew; insightful audio commentary from director Ava DuVernay and team; deleted scenes; bloopers; and two music videos, including “I Believe” performed by Grammy®-nominated music mogul DJ Khaled...
Families who bring home Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time will go behind the scenes to meet the talented crafts persons, actors and filmmakers who brought to life every spectacular detail of this triumphant tale. Bonus material includes an extended featurette providing inside access to the A-list cast and crew; insightful audio commentary from director Ava DuVernay and team; deleted scenes; bloopers; and two music videos, including “I Believe” performed by Grammy®-nominated music mogul DJ Khaled...
- 4/24/2018
- by Sean McAloon
- Age of the Nerd
Walk Disney Studios has announced the the magic of director Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle In Time will be making the journey home on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD formats. The Mickey Mouse studio's high fantasy adventure tells the story of Meg Murry and her little brother, Charles Wallace, who have been without their scientist father, Mr. Murry, for five years, ever since he discovered a new planet... Read More...
- 4/23/2018
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Madeleine L’Engle’s novel, which Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time is based upon, came out in 1962, well over fifty years ago. When Disney announced that they would be bringing this story to life once again (they produced a TV movie in 2003, which L’Engle detested), the studio’s reputation along with the quantum leaps the industry has made in visual effects since even the early 2000s made it seem possible that L’Engle’s intricate and inventive words could actually coincide with a big screen production.
To DuVernay’s credit, A Wrinkle in Time is flooded with images of imaginative prowess. However, the majesty of these creations distract viewers from more than they enhance the cosmological adventure. And though its source material presented certain kinds of complicated theories and themes, Wrinkle fails in re-offering those complex thoughts in the comprehensible and entertaining light the children’s book did fifty years ago.
To DuVernay’s credit, A Wrinkle in Time is flooded with images of imaginative prowess. However, the majesty of these creations distract viewers from more than they enhance the cosmological adventure. And though its source material presented certain kinds of complicated theories and themes, Wrinkle fails in re-offering those complex thoughts in the comprehensible and entertaining light the children’s book did fifty years ago.
- 3/10/2018
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
“A Wrinkle in Time” is a visual spectacle of a children’s movie, painting a huge universe with multiple planets, strange characters and twisting sci-fi rules. Adapting the beloved novel by Madeleine L’Engle, “A Wrinkle in Time” merges science fiction and what feels like magic into pretty wide-reaching tale. At the center are three kids — Meg (Storm Reid), Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) and Calvin (Levi Miller) — who find themselves meeting extra-dimensional beings who enlist them in a quest across the universe. That’s the sort of story that sounds like it might lend itself to a big-budget franchise, and with Disney turning...
- 3/9/2018
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
Less than a dozen weeks into the movie year of 2018, and a couple of flicks squarely aimed at the tots have scored some big box office bucks and surprisingly strong critical praise (that lil’ Paddington Bear, in his second feature adventure, is still at a whopping 100 percent at Rotten Tomatoes). So, the folks at the “mouse house” are eager to jump into the arena, though the smash Black Panther is from their Marvel Studios branch. Now, this new flick is from their Disney Pictures banner, not Pixar (recent Oscar winner Coco), or Disney Studios Animation (like the previous year’s winner Zootopia), or even Disney Nature with its “real life” animal extravaganzas. Now many of the Disney Pictures stamped films have been set in the world of sports like McFarland USA (track and field) or Queen Of Katwe (chess) or have been big live-action versions of the classic animated features...
- 3/9/2018
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
by Chris Feil
With an authentic sense of wonder for the human spirit in its blood stream, A Wrinkle in Time adapts Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved classic with the air of intense responsibility. Directed by Ava DuVernay, this interdimensional tale of adolescent self-affirmation casts its holistic intentions on a massive canvas that remains deeply personal. It’s a CGI space hug resolute in empowering the viewers that find themselves diminished by their environment and maybe even Wrinkle’s cinematic contemporaries.
Newcomer Storm Reid plays Meg, a solemn preteen mourning the disappearance of her astrophysicist father (played by Chris Pine) and coping with the cruelty of pretty-girl bullies. Her despair and the naivete of her younger brother Charles Wallace (an adorable and teensy Deric McCabe) summons three otherworldly mystic Mrs.: Reese Witherspoon as the shady and effervescent Mrs. Whatsit, Mindy Kaling as the quote-happy Mrs. Who, and Oprah Winfrey as the all-knowing Mrs.
With an authentic sense of wonder for the human spirit in its blood stream, A Wrinkle in Time adapts Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved classic with the air of intense responsibility. Directed by Ava DuVernay, this interdimensional tale of adolescent self-affirmation casts its holistic intentions on a massive canvas that remains deeply personal. It’s a CGI space hug resolute in empowering the viewers that find themselves diminished by their environment and maybe even Wrinkle’s cinematic contemporaries.
Newcomer Storm Reid plays Meg, a solemn preteen mourning the disappearance of her astrophysicist father (played by Chris Pine) and coping with the cruelty of pretty-girl bullies. Her despair and the naivete of her younger brother Charles Wallace (an adorable and teensy Deric McCabe) summons three otherworldly mystic Mrs.: Reese Witherspoon as the shady and effervescent Mrs. Whatsit, Mindy Kaling as the quote-happy Mrs. Who, and Oprah Winfrey as the all-knowing Mrs.
- 3/9/2018
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
[This story contains spoilers for A Wrinkle in Time]
It figures that a book advocating nonconformity would, 56 years after its publication, be turned into a movie that refuses to conform to the text.
In spirit, in intention, and, yes, in structure and overall plot, Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time is recognizable as an adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s science fiction, fantasy, quasi-religious young adult novel; the film follows its source material, staging the search and rescue mission carried out by the Murry siblings, misfit Meg (Storm Reid) and winsome Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), as they travel the cosmos in...
It figures that a book advocating nonconformity would, 56 years after its publication, be turned into a movie that refuses to conform to the text.
In spirit, in intention, and, yes, in structure and overall plot, Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time is recognizable as an adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s science fiction, fantasy, quasi-religious young adult novel; the film follows its source material, staging the search and rescue mission carried out by the Murry siblings, misfit Meg (Storm Reid) and winsome Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), as they travel the cosmos in...
- 3/7/2018
- by Andy Crump
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ava DuVernay's science-fiction film A Wrinkle in Time received mixed reviews when the first batch of criticism arrived on Wednesday. As of Wednesday afternoon, the film had a 46 percent freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Based on the children's novel of the same name, the story follows Meg Murry (Storm Reid), a smart young girl who is suffering due to the disappearance of her father. Three magical beings, Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling), Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon) and Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), appear in her life and whisk Meg, her brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) and her friend Calvin (Levi Miller)...
Based on the children's novel of the same name, the story follows Meg Murry (Storm Reid), a smart young girl who is suffering due to the disappearance of her father. Three magical beings, Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling), Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon) and Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), appear in her life and whisk Meg, her brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) and her friend Calvin (Levi Miller)...
- 3/7/2018
- by Zoe Haylock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At a time when Disney would rather fund suffocatingly faithful (and/or toxically garish) “live-action” remakes of classic films than roll the dice on original stories for a new generation of kids, there’s something refreshing — and downright beautiful — about what Ava DuVernay has done with “A Wrinkle in Time.” Less satisfying than the recent “Pete’s Dragon,” but told with a similar degree of revisionist zeal, this eye-popping adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved 1962 novel scrubs away the Christian overtones of the source material in favor of some distinctly 21st century humanism.
Jesus is out, self-worth is in, and it’s coming for your children via an $103-million orgy of special effects that starts with a giant astral projection of Oprah and only gets more insane from there. At one point, Reese Witherspoon transforms into a giant piece of flying kale. It almost doesn’t matter that the...
Jesus is out, self-worth is in, and it’s coming for your children via an $103-million orgy of special effects that starts with a giant astral projection of Oprah and only gets more insane from there. At one point, Reese Witherspoon transforms into a giant piece of flying kale. It almost doesn’t matter that the...
- 3/7/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Selma director stumbles with a messy adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s much-loved adventure starring Oprah Winfrey
Quantum physics crumples in Ava DuVernay’s rainbow bright adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, allowing preteen science geek Meg (Storm Reid), her crush (Calvin) and her five-year-old genius brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) to blerp from earth to the screensaver fantasy-lands at the end of the galaxy in search of her missing father (Chris Pine). Everything else is shiny and smooth, including the ancient faces of the three witch-angels who guide the kiddies’ adventure. Mrs Whatsit, the youngest of the trio at two-billion-years-plus, has gotten made-over since L’Engle catalogued her thin gray bun and “mouth puckered like an autumn apple”. Now she looks like Reese Witherspoon – wait, she is Reese Witherspoon – though it can he hard to tell under her hip-length red locks and pleated ballgown fashioned from pilfered sheets.
Quantum physics crumples in Ava DuVernay’s rainbow bright adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, allowing preteen science geek Meg (Storm Reid), her crush (Calvin) and her five-year-old genius brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) to blerp from earth to the screensaver fantasy-lands at the end of the galaxy in search of her missing father (Chris Pine). Everything else is shiny and smooth, including the ancient faces of the three witch-angels who guide the kiddies’ adventure. Mrs Whatsit, the youngest of the trio at two-billion-years-plus, has gotten made-over since L’Engle catalogued her thin gray bun and “mouth puckered like an autumn apple”. Now she looks like Reese Witherspoon – wait, she is Reese Witherspoon – though it can he hard to tell under her hip-length red locks and pleated ballgown fashioned from pilfered sheets.
- 3/7/2018
- by Amy Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
"It was a dark and stormy night." That's the first sentence of Madeline L'Engle's 1962 fantasy novel A Wrinkle in Time, a smoke-screen opening salvo that doesn't begin to prep readers for what lies ahead in this beloved kids' book: tesseracts and shape-shifting biddies, shadowy forces and M.I.A. fathers, interdimensional travel and preternaturally genius preteens and the revolutionary notion that a young woman can save the world. From such simple, mundane beginnings spring the skeleton keys that unlock imaginations, and if you can say nothing else about Ava DuVernay's adaptation...
- 3/7/2018
- Rollingstone.com
When Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” hits theaters later this week, the multi-million dollar Disney feature will put a contemporary face on the beloved Madeleine L’Engle’s novel that spawned a sprawling series of books in the author’s so-called Time Quintet. Populated by a large cast of diverse talents, including young star Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Mindy Kaling, it’s a film that pays homage to the source material while also placing it squarely inside a forward-moving cultural space.
While the last (and only) other on-screen adaptation of the 1962 novel cast young protagonist Meg Murry as a white tween, it was essential to DuVernay that her film reflect a modern and diverse world. Her Murry clan includes Reid as daughter Meg, along with Chris Pine as patriarch Alex, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as mom Kate, and young Deric McCabe as baby brother Charles Wallace (in this incarnation,...
While the last (and only) other on-screen adaptation of the 1962 novel cast young protagonist Meg Murry as a white tween, it was essential to DuVernay that her film reflect a modern and diverse world. Her Murry clan includes Reid as daughter Meg, along with Chris Pine as patriarch Alex, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as mom Kate, and young Deric McCabe as baby brother Charles Wallace (in this incarnation,...
- 3/6/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Variety brings word of a Selma reunion, now that talk show host and actress Oprah Winfrey has closed a deal to board A Wrinkle In Time, Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of the age-old classic.
In the works over at Disney, it’s understood Winfrey has clinched the part of Mrs. Which, one of three “mysterious astral travellers” alongside Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who. Together, they lend a helping hand to our leading crew of young children, who travel through space and time to locate their wayward father. Casting details for those young leads remain under lock and key, but make no mistake, the House of Mouse is casting the net far and wide in search of up-and-coming talent.
Based on Madeleine L’Engle’s novel of the same name, A Wrinkle in Time is the first in a series of sci-fi adventures, and it’s clear Disney is fanning the...
In the works over at Disney, it’s understood Winfrey has clinched the part of Mrs. Which, one of three “mysterious astral travellers” alongside Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who. Together, they lend a helping hand to our leading crew of young children, who travel through space and time to locate their wayward father. Casting details for those young leads remain under lock and key, but make no mistake, the House of Mouse is casting the net far and wide in search of up-and-coming talent.
Based on Madeleine L’Engle’s novel of the same name, A Wrinkle in Time is the first in a series of sci-fi adventures, and it’s clear Disney is fanning the...
- 7/27/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Now this is a particularly exciting piece of news for A Wrinkle in Time: Oprah Winfrey has joined the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved novel. The media queen will play Mrs. Which — the most mysterious of the three unusual beings who arrive at the Murray house to help Meg and Charles Wallace find their missing father. Mrs. Which is the one who usually refrains from materializing completely (as it’s a tiring process). She appears as a shimmering light a lot of the time, but sometimes shows up as a traditional witch, with a pointed hat and broom. I’ll be very interested to see how they use Winfrey’s strong voice for Mrs. Which’s odd way of speaking (“Nnoww, cchilldrenn, yyou musstt nott bee frrightennedd att whatt iss ggoingg tto hhappenn.”). The film will reunite Winfrey with Ava DuVernay, who directed Winfrey in Selma.
- 7/26/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Disney is beginning to cast the net in a bid to find an ensemble cast to headline the studio’s adaptation of beloved fantasy novel, A Wrinkle in Time.
Word comes by way of BackStage, revealing that the House of Mouse has narrowed down its spree to three nominal roles: Meg Murry, her five-year-old brother Charles Wallace and Calvin, a high-school junior who considers himself to be one of the misfits walking the campus halls.
Those casting calls listed by BackStage reveal that Disney is targeting two African Americans for the core parts of Meg (15-16) and Charles (5-7), while Calvin – a “handsome, fit, genuinely sweet, and caring; an empath, a decent young man” – is open to actors of African American, Hispanic, Asian, South Asian, Native American, Middle Eastern, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander, or African descent.
That will surely pave the way for a diverse lineup of talent for Disney to consider,...
Word comes by way of BackStage, revealing that the House of Mouse has narrowed down its spree to three nominal roles: Meg Murry, her five-year-old brother Charles Wallace and Calvin, a high-school junior who considers himself to be one of the misfits walking the campus halls.
Those casting calls listed by BackStage reveal that Disney is targeting two African Americans for the core parts of Meg (15-16) and Charles (5-7), while Calvin – a “handsome, fit, genuinely sweet, and caring; an empath, a decent young man” – is open to actors of African American, Hispanic, Asian, South Asian, Native American, Middle Eastern, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander, or African descent.
That will surely pave the way for a diverse lineup of talent for Disney to consider,...
- 5/9/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
“Selma” director Ava DuVernay is seeking kid talent from around the globe to play the three leads in Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time.” The anticipated film adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s fantasy/sci-fi classic is scheduled to film this fall. It’s the story of Meg Murray and her little brother Charles Wallace. Their scientist father has been missing for five years from the series’ onset after he discovered a new planet and found a way to wrinkle space and time to get there. Meg and Charles Wallace are befriended by a trio of astral travelers—Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which—and set off on an interplanetary excursion in search of their father along with Meg’s friend and classmate, Calvin O’Keefe. Meg is a troubled and intelligent 14-year-old girl of mixed race, and Charles Wallace is only five but speaks “like a well-read college...
- 5/5/2016
- backstage.com
Some good news to report regarding one our favorite filmmakers. Deadline is stating that Disney has set Ava DuVerney, director of Selma and Middle of Nowhere, to direct an adaptation of the 1963 Newbey Medal-winning book A Wrinkle In Time. Ever since Selma received a Best Picture nomination, DuVernay has been in-demand at various Hollywood studios, being considered for projects like Marvel's Black Panther among others. However, apparently she is eyeing two specific projects at Disney - one is this adaptation of the classic fantasy novel by Madeleine L'Engle, the other is a sci-fi screenplay by Colin Trevorrow & Derek Connolly titled Intelligent Life in the works at DreamWorks. Both films seem like a good fit for DuVernay. First published in 1962, L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time is a beloved fantasy novel. Description from Amazon: Fifty years ago, Madeleine L'Engle introduced the world to A Wrinkle in Time and the wonderful and unforgettable...
- 2/23/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Once courted for Marvel’s Black Panther film prior to Ryan Coogler being appointed at the helm, Selma director Ava DuVernay has sealed a deal to take point for a very different Disney project – A Wrinkle in Time.
Centering on Madeleine L’Engle’s fantasy novel, the 1962 classic is being adapted to the screen by Frozen writer-director Jennifer Lee. Lauded for its gripping sense of adventure, L’Engle’s book has become something of a children’s favorite, and having retained the rights for a feature film since 2010, the House of Mouse is gearing up to bring the author’s sci-fi tale to the silver screen.
Here’s a brief synopsis from A Wrinkle in Time:
A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O’Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the...
Centering on Madeleine L’Engle’s fantasy novel, the 1962 classic is being adapted to the screen by Frozen writer-director Jennifer Lee. Lauded for its gripping sense of adventure, L’Engle’s book has become something of a children’s favorite, and having retained the rights for a feature film since 2010, the House of Mouse is gearing up to bring the author’s sci-fi tale to the silver screen.
Here’s a brief synopsis from A Wrinkle in Time:
A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O’Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the...
- 2/23/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
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