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Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Lands Spring 2018 Release Date
Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time will hit theaters on April 6, 2018, director Ava DuVernay announced Monday via Twitter.
The adaptation of the children’s classic stars rising actress Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Zach Galifianakis, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Reid is at the center of the movie, starring as Meg Murry, a young girl traumatized by the disappearance of her scientist father (Pine) years before. She finds herself on an interplanetary journey with a schoolmate and her younger brother to find her father. They are aided by a trio of supernatural beings: Mrs. Whatsit (Witherspoon), Mrs. Who (Kaling) and Mrs. Which (Winfrey).
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Reese Witherspoon Opens Draper James in Dallas, Talks HBO, Jessica Alba, Malcolm Mitchell and Fashion
Next month the entrepreneurial actress starts shooting “Home Again,” a new film produced by Nancy Meyers that her daughter Hallie Meyers-Shyer has written the script for and will also produce.
In the increasingly crowded field of actresses-turned-entrepreneurs, Reese Witherspoon certainly ranks near the top, having just opened her second Draper James store, at Highland Park Village in Dallas.
The Southern-inspired collection debuted as an e-commerce business last May and its first boutique bowed in Nashville, Tenn., last fall.
En route to Wednesday’s press day, an in-store luncheon and launch party for the new 1,800-square-foot Draper James boutique, Witherspoon said, “Ever since we went live about a year ago, Dallas has been one of our top cities. Customers in Dallas just really seem to love the brand, which is a celebration of Southern lifestyle. I’ve always been a big fan of the Highland Park Village. It’s a great place for communities and families to get together, to enjoy a meal and to see a movie.”
Interior designer Mark D. Sikes created the store’s welcoming Southern aesthetic with contemporary accents. His work can also be seen in Draper James’ Nashville store and the New Orleans-born Witherspoon is currently working with him on a new home in Nashville as well.
Having hosted events with writers like Emily Giffin, who wrote “First Comes Love” and Kimberly Whitman of “Monograms for the Home” in the Nashville store, Draper James plans to have book signing parties for other authors in the Dallas location. Through Pacific Standard, the production company she cofounded with Bruna Papandrea, Witherspoon has secured the film rights for numerous titles including Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” before it was published. As a literacy advocate, the actress is also big on posting about her favorite reads via Twitter and Instagram. She also recruited NFL rookie Malcolm Mitchell to join her book club, and the pair have tweeted book recommendations.
Witherspoon said, “I was just so inspired by his story and how important books have become in his life. He’s inspired a lot of people to expand their literary knowledge. I love that he’s been so open about it and he’s also written a book himself.”
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Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling in Talks to Join Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling are in talks to join Disney’s adaptation of “A Wrinkle in Time.”
Ava DuVernay is on board to direct with Oprah Winfrey also attached to join the pic.
Jennifer Lee, who wrote and co-directed “Frozen” with Chris Buck, is penning the adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s book for Disney. The story follows children as they travel through time and visit strange worlds in order to find their missing scientist father.
Witherspoon will play Mrs. Whatsit, a former celestial being who looks like a very old woman, and Kaling will play the literature-quoting Mrs. Who. The duo will join Winfrey, who is already on board to play Mrs. Which.
“A Wrinkle in Time” is the first book in L’Engle’s “Time Quartet” series, which includes “A Wind in the Door,” “Many Waters” and “A Swiftly Tilting Planet.”
Witherspoon recently wrapped production on HBO’s “Big Little Lies” and is also expected to shoot “Home Again” this fall.
Kaling, who voiced the character Disgust in the Oscar-winning Inside Out, is the star of “The Mindy Project” and is in prep on the all-female version of “Ocean’s 11” titled “Oceans Ocho.”
Witherspoon is repped by CAA, LBI, and Hansen Jacobson, Kaling is repped by CAA, 3 Arts Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham.
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