Selma director Ava DuVernay is due to make the leap to blockbuster filmmaking in a big way. Following her stellar work on the Martin Luther King Jr. drama, DuVernay became one of the most highly sought after directors in Hollywood. While she entered preliminary talks to helm Marvels Black Panther, she and the studio amicably decided to part ways after DuVernay realized the extent of the studios hand in making that particular feature. But now DuVernay has finally signed on to another film, and its a big one: Disneys adaptation of the classic 1963 Madeline LEngle novel A Wrinkle in Time.
We actually first heard word about DuVernays involvement with the picture a couple of weeks ago, when news broke that Disney was courting the Middle of Nowhere filmmaker to take the helm. Now, after six months of courtship by the studio, Deadline reports that the deal has closed and DuVernay will be directing from a script by Frozen co-writer/co-director Jennifer Lee.
The first in a series of novels in the vein of C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia, A Wrinkle in Time revolves around a young girl whose government scientist father goes missing after working on a mysterious project. The subsequent search for her father takes her to alternate dimensions where she crosses paths with a variety of different creatures.
