Jennifer Lee, who co-wrote and directed "Frozen" with Chris Buck, has chosen her next project: "A Wrinkle in Time."The item notes that Lee won't be directing, and there's no director yet attached. Who directs will obviously make a big difference in whether it's as terrific as it could be.
Lee will write the bigscreen adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's book for Disney in which children travel through time and visit strange worlds in order to find their missing scientist father.
Published in 1962, "A Wrinkle in Time" was one of Lee's favorite novels as a child, and she impressed Disney executives with her take on the project, which emphasizes a strong female-driven narrative and creatively approaches the science fiction and world-building elements of the book.
..."A Wrinkle in Time" is the first book in L'Engle's "Time Quartet" series that also includes "A Wind in the Door," "Many Waters," and "A Swiftly Tilting Planet."
I hope Lee and Disney are imaginative and brave enough (which is, like, barely imaginative and brave, btw) to conceive of a way to make changes so that the Murray family is not all white. Or not white at all. A family of color, a blended family through remarriage, a family of adopted kids, whatever. This is a story that will only be made stronger by diversity of the adventurers.
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