Chris Pine To Star In Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle In Time’

Chris Pine joins Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and more!

Joining the cast of Disney’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time is actor Chris Pine.

With director Ava DuVernay (Selma) on board to direct, Pine will be star as Mr. Murry, the husband to Dr. Kate Murry (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Mindy Kaling also star in the family sci-fi adventure as Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who, respectively.

The story revolves around young children, teen Meg (played by Stom Reid) and her younger brother, who travel through time to find their missing scientist father (played by Pine).

The full synopsis, provided by Madeleine L’Engle:

Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. She claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a “tesseract,” which, if you didn’t know, is a wrinkle in time.

Meg’s father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?

Jennifer Lee (Frozen) will be penning the adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s 1963 novel “A Wrinkle In Time”, the first book in L’Engle’s “Time Quintet” series.  The series also includes “A Wind in the Door,” “Many Waters,” “A Swiftly Tilting Planet” and “An Acceptable Time.”