<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $103 million </Td> </Tr> <P> A Wrinkle in Time is an upcoming American science fantasy adventure film directed by Ava DuVernay from a screenplay by Jennifer Lee, and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Madeleine L'Engle . The film stars Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Gugu Mbatha - Raw, Michael Peña, Storm Reid, Zach Galifianakis, and Chris Pine, and follows a young girl who sets off on a quest, with the help of three astral travelers, to find her father, who went missing after discovering a new planet . Principal photography on the film began on November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California . </P> <P> The film is scheduled to be released by Walt Disney Pictures on March 9, 2018, in Disney Digital 3 - D, Real D 3D and IMAX 3D . </P> <P> After learning her astrophysicist father Alex is being held captive on a distant planet deep in the grip of a universe - spanning evil, Meg Murry works with her highly intelligent younger brother, her new friend and fellow student Calvin O'Keeffe, and three astral travelers, Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who to save him . </P>

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