<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $103 million </Td> </Tr> <P> A Wrinkle in Time is a 2018 American science fantasy adventure film directed by Ava DuVernay from a screenplay by Jennifer Lee and Jeff Stockwell, 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 began on November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California . With a production cost of $103 million, the film became the first by an African - American woman director made on a nine - digit budget . </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 Charles Wallace, her new friend and fellow student Calvin O'Keefe, and three astral travelers, Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who to save him . </P>

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