Ava DuVernay Announces “A Wrinkle in Time” Release Date

Director Ava DuVernay is fully entrenched in the shoot for her Disney adaptation of “A Wrinkle in Time,” and she and the rest of the cast and crew have just announced the film’s official release date in a fun and funky way.

DuVernay posted a video on Twitter of the Los Angeles-based crew taking part in the “Mannequin Challenge,” where a video is taken while participants are posed frozen like mannequins. (For a super impressive example, check out the BYU Women’s Gymnastics team taking part.) The video’s POV snakes through various cast and crew members, and concludes with lead actress Storm Reid revealing a release date of April 6, 2018 on her script.

Based on Madeleine L’Engle’s classic sci-fi novel, the story follows a Meg Murry (Reid), a young girl who travels through time and space to find her missing scientist father (Chris Pine).

The film features a diverse cast of high-profile actors and actresses, including Gugu Mbatha-Raw playing her mom, Mrs. Murry, Oprah Winfrey as Mrs. Which, Mindy Kaling as Mrs. Who, Reese Witherspoon Mrs. Whatsit, Zach Galifianakis as The Happy Medium, André Holland (“Moonlight,” “Selma”) as Principal Jenkins, Levi Miller (“Pan”) as Calvin, Deric McCabe as Charles Wallace, with Bellamy Young (“Scandal”), Rowan Blanchard (“Girl Meets World”), and Will McCormack (“Brothers & Sisters”).

“Frozen” co-screenwriter and co-director Jennifer Lee penned the script for “A Wrinkle in Time,” which will be the first movie directed by a woman of color with a budget of over $100 million.

Check out the announcement and the impressive posing skills of the 102-person “Wrinkle” team below.