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We’ve tessered to create a wrinkle in time and bring you the movie even earlier! In theaters, March 9, 2018! #WrinkleInTime pic.twitter.com/CgAw2d5AKw

— Wrinkle In Time (@WrinkleInTime) April 29, 2017

Next year is going to be an incredible one as far as cinema is concerned. Yesterday, we reported on the impeccable images from Entertainment Weekly’s Black Panther shoot. But we would be remiss if we didn’t mention Ava DuVernay’s collaboration with Disney A Wrinkle In Time.

Not only is she directing, she casted a Black girl as the lead in the part. Recently images of the cast in their makeup and costumes were released, check them out on the following pages, plus a few quotes from Ava about the casting and decision making process.

First, for the three Mrs., DuVernay shared her thoughts with Entertainment Weekly:

“My whole process with this film was, what if? With these women, I wondered, could we make them women of different ages, body types, races? 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?”

See exclusive first look photos of @Oprah, @mindykaling, @RWitherspoon and more in ‘A Wrinkle in Time’: https://t.co/WxuzFqYqpF pic.twitter.com/YKPwFrGInN

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) July 12, 2017

Oprah

“I mean, when you’re trying to cast the wisest woman in the world, what’s the question? You go and you call her and you’re glad that you have her number on speed dial…[The character] is so much of what she teaches and shared through her shows over the years, through her magazine and OWN, about owning your light and conquering darkness and how we have to power ourselves through this life in a certain way and look out for each other. She dropped into the character so well, but it’s also Oprah. When we see her in Henrietta Lacks, she’s not Oprah to me. When I saw her in The Butler, she became Gloria to me. But in this, because of the things that Mrs. Which says, her Oprah-ness is really helpful.”

Mrs. Who coming atchu pic.twitter.com/Se2BhmSUfx

— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) July 12, 2017

Mindy Kaling

“I wanted a black Mrs., a white Mrs., and a Mrs. that was not either, and Mindy was the first one that came to mind. I feel like we don’t talk about a lot of the other colors and cultures enough, and Mindy is so beautiful to me. Her character is one that, in her costumes and in working with Mindy, we wanted to bring in a remix of styles and cultures and customs from around the world. She was a real partner in that. She was working with two legends, but I think she’s a legend in the making in terms of what she does and being a fresh voice as a comedic actress.”

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— Veronica Wells (@VDubShrug) July 13, 2017

Reese Witherspoon

From Entertainment Weekly, ” “I was looking for that innocence, that thing Reese plays so well, but also that great power and precision, and funny. The character has so much funny going on, you really need someone who’s proven and who’s done a bit of it all, and that’s Reese. It was so lucky that she was a fan of the book and wanted to come play with me.”

@ava as a kid picturing myself as Meg was inconceivable. Now all these little brown girls who can or will brings me joy. #awrinkleintime pic.twitter.com/LA2RqwllNh

— Dora Milaje Trainee (@Bainst06) July 12, 2017

Ava and Storm

In her interview with Entertainment Weekly, “The first image [I had in my head] was to place a brown girl in that role of Meg, a girl traveling to different planets and encountering beings and situations that I’d never seen a girl of color in,” she explains. “All of those scenes struck my fancy, and then it was also something that [Disney VP of production] Tendo Nagenda said to me, which I’ll never forget. One of the things that really made me want to read it was when he said, ‘Ava, imagine what you would do with the worlds.’ Worlds! ‘Planets no one’s ever seen or heard of,’ he said. There aren’t any other black women who have been invited to imagine what other planets in the universe might look and feel like. I was interested in that and in a heroine that looked like the girls I grew up with.”

You: I don’t know, I think a Wrinkle in Time didn’t need a movie because-
Me: pic.twitter.com/foPVNqhNXM

— rachel leishman (@RachelLeishman) July 12, 2017

Chris Pine

“Chris is the first full-on heart-throb type of actor that I’ve ever worked with. That’s how the world sees him. But I always just saw a damn good actor. I saw Z for Zachariah and Hell or High Water, and I just knew I wanted him because I saw, that dude’s got chops.”

.@EW Has First Look At Director @Ava Duvernay’s A Wrinkle In Time w/ @stormreid @Oprah & Chris Pine – https://t.co/1OYKmWCtfl pic.twitter.com/FMJ42vRQdJ

— Wilson Morales (@blackfilm) July 12, 2017

Full cast

A Wrinkle in Time | Sci-fi Fantasy | Storm Reid plays Meg. This is Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of the iconic novel. March 9th 2018!! pic.twitter.com/TFLPkvzxqL

— POC Cinema & TV (@POCCinema) June 29, 2017

Storm Reid

Ava on why she chose Storm.

“She’s got the sweetest, warmest heart, and all that I saw every day was just a further blossoming of the good that is Storm Reid. She’s appropriately named. She’s a force.”

Frist look Storm Reid as Meg and Levi Miller as Calvin in “A Wrinkle in Time” #stormreid #meg #levimiller #calvin #awrinkleintime #cinema #film #movie #fristlook #look

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Now y’all know I love me some @directher and I love me some superheroes so to be her favorite superhero is DOPE! Today just keeps on getting better and better. #nationalsuperheroday #blessingsonblessings

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A Wrinkle In Time hits theaters March 9, 2018.

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