Oprah Winfrey Looks Dazzling in First-Look Photo From ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ (Photo)
Ava DuVernay’s sci-fi film also stars Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Chris Pine
Beatrice Verhoeven | July 12, 2017 @ 8:38 AM
Last Updated: July 12, 2017 @ 11:33 AM
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Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” is one of the most-anticipated, big-budget family entertainments in the coming years, but until the movie hits screens next year, our eyes can feast on a dazzling first-look image of Oprah Winfrey.
According to Entertainment Weekly, which obtained the image exclusively, Winfrey plays Mrs. Which in the sci-fi saga, which follows a young girl named Meg (Storm Reid) who must travel through the cosmos to find her father who mysteriously disappeared. Mrs. Which is one of the three celestial beings helping Meg.
“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,” DuVernay told EW.
Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling play the other two celestial beings: inquisitive Mrs. Whatsit and philosophizing Mrs. Who, respectively. DuVernay calls all three beings the “three Mrs. Doubtfires.”
The director, whose credits include “Selma” and “13th,” is taking the opportunity to push the film past traditional limits.
“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?” she said. “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?”
The film also stars Chris Pine as the father who mysteriously disappears. Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Meg’s mom.
See the first-look photo of Winfrey below.
Every 2017 Studio Movie With a Female Director, From 'Wonder Woman' to 'Pitch Perfect 3' (Photos)
Patty Jenkins and Lucia Aniello are two of the seven female directors whose movies for the major studios are getting wide releases in 2017
January 6: "Underworld: Blood Wars"
Anna Foerster made her directorial debut on the fifth installment in the action series starring Kate Beckinsale as a badass vampire hunter.
Sony Screen Gems
April 21: "Unforgettable" (Warner Bros.)
"Unforgettable" stars Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson and Whitney Cummings and is directed by Denise Di Novi.
Warner Bros.
May 19: "Everything, Everything" (Warner Bros.)
"Everything, Everything" is directed by Stella Meghie and follows a girl who is allergic to everything and isolates herself but falls in love with the boy next door.
Warner Bros.
June 2: "Wonder Woman" (Warner Bros.)
Patty Jenkins directed the DC Comics film starring Gal Gadot as the warrior princess of the Amazonian people a.k.a. Diana Prince.
Warner Bros.
June 16: "Rough Night" (Sony)
"Rough Night," previously called "Rock That Body," is Sony's only female-directed release this year. Lucia Aniello's comedy stars Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon and Jillian Bell as women on a bachelorette party from hell.
Sony
July 28: "An Inconvenient Sequel" (Paramount)
Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk co-directed the sequel to Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary After Al Gore's environmental documentary "The Inconvenient Truth."
Paramount
December 22: "Pitch Perfect 3" (Universal)
After Elizabeth Banks dropped out as the director, Trish Sie stepped in to helm the third film in the "Pitch Perfect" franchise. Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow return as collegiate a capella singers.
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Studios continue to lag when it comes to hiring female directors
Patty Jenkins and Lucia Aniello are two of the seven female directors whose movies for the major studios are getting wide releases in 2017