Tim Burton’s take on the Addams Family, Wednesday is set to follow a teenage Wednesday Addams as she attends Nevermore Academy, a school for teens with supernatural abilities and other societal outcasts. Wednesday has to learn how to navigate the perils of high school while also trying to solve a decades-long mystery that began during her parents’ days at the academy. As much as she wants to escape the shadow of her family’s history, she learns that that might not be an easy task.
While the focus of the series is on Wednesday and her story, the rest of the Addams family do make a few appearances this season. Here are the actors playing the legendary family, as well as the other supernatural and “normal” people that make up Nevermore and the small town of Jericho.
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams
Jenna Ortega has been making a name...
While the focus of the series is on Wednesday and her story, the rest of the Addams family do make a few appearances this season. Here are the actors playing the legendary family, as well as the other supernatural and “normal” people that make up Nevermore and the small town of Jericho.
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams
Jenna Ortega has been making a name...
- 11/23/2022
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
A never-before-seen passage from “A Wrinkle in Time” has hit the web. For those eagerly (or hesitantly) anticipating the Disney movie adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved sci-fi/fantasy book, the question arises, Could these newly discovered pages influence the direction of the film? “A Wrinkle in Time” — which would be likely classified as Ya today, though L’Engle once said her books were for people, not just children — follows 13-year-old Meg Murray and her wunderkind five-year-old brother Charles Wallace as they traverse between planets to find their missing scientist father. Jennifer Lee, who co-directed “Frozen,” is set to pen the script for Disney’s upcoming big screen take on the book. Last week, The Wall Street Journal posted the cut passage, three typewriter-composed pages discovered by L’Engle’s granddaughter Charlotte Jones Voiklis. In these pages, which you can read here, Meg asks her father how the Black Thing (pure evil Mr.
- 4/20/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
In the sci fi subgenre of children’s time travel news, Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel “A Wrinkle in Time” is making its way to the big screen courtesy of Disney and one of their heaviest hitters of current film lore. Jennifer Lee, the first woman to co-direct an animated Disney feature — that would be 2013′s Frozen, if you want to build a snowman — is set to write the adaptation of the 1962 story, which has lived on in classrooms and the imaginations of kids who just want to casually jump around through space. A Wrinkle in Time is in good hands as Lee also wrote Frozen and 2012′s Wreck-It Ralph. Now she has to craft an adaptation of the story, which follows teenager Meg Murray and her brother Charles Wallace, along with Meg’s friend and love interest Calvin O’Keefe as they search through space and time for the Murrays’ missing father. A...
- 8/6/2014
- by Samantha Wilson
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Written by Madeleine L'Engle, "A Wrinkle In Time" is an unusually beautiful science-fiction book that would most likely be categorized as "Ya" if it were published today. It tells the story of the Murry kids, an unusual family of geniuses whose father has disappeared. When three mysterious women enter their lives, 14-year-old Meg, her 10-year-old twin brothers, and 5-year-old wunderkind Charles Wallace all end up stepping through a tesseract and into a stranger world than they could have ever imagined. It is a dark story, and one of the things I find most striking about the book is the way it manages to embrace both the strong Christian faith that was very important to L'Engle as well as her fascination with quantum physics. That's not a common mixture of influences, and yet it feels like a natural fit in her work. Faith and science seem to be two halves of one thing,...
- 8/5/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
After co-directing and co-writing the monstrous animated hit Frozen for Disney, Jennifer Lee is sticking with The House of Mouse to adapt one of her favorite books. Variety has word that Lee will adapt Madeleine L’Engle's 1962 classic book A Wrinkle in Time, but it sounds like this will be a live-action film as opposed to her previous work for Walt Disney Animation. The story follows children traveling through time and strange worlds in order to find the father, a scientist who has gone missing. Much like Frozen, Lee's take on the material is said to emphasize a strong female-driven story with a unique approach to the book. Read on! For a more detailed description of the story, here's the official synopsis: It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when...
- 8/5/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Frozen writer and co-director Jennifer Lee is set to adapt Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel A Wrinkle in Time as a feature film for Disney. The story follows a young girl whose father, a government scientist, has gone missing after working on a mysterious project called a tesseract. Meg and two of her friends use that tesseract to travel through time and visit strange worlds in order to find their missing scientist father.
This was one of my favorite books as a kid, and it's been so long since I've read it. I might have to read it with my kids before this movie comes out. According to Variety, this was one of Lee's favorite books as well, and apparently she impressed Disney executives with her take on the story, "which emphasizes a strong female-driven narrative and creatively approaches the science fiction and world-building elements of the book." As of right now,...
This was one of my favorite books as a kid, and it's been so long since I've read it. I might have to read it with my kids before this movie comes out. According to Variety, this was one of Lee's favorite books as well, and apparently she impressed Disney executives with her take on the story, "which emphasizes a strong female-driven narrative and creatively approaches the science fiction and world-building elements of the book." As of right now,...
- 8/5/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Following the success of Wreck-It Ralph (which she co-wrote) and the very popular Frozen (which saw her co-direct), it’s no surprise that Disney wants to keep Jennifer Lee around. She’s now working on the script of A Wrinkle In Time for the Mouse House.The adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s book – which Lee tells Variety is one of her favourites – has been in the works at the company since at least 2010, when Bridge To Terabithia writer Jeff Stockwell was hired to take a pass on the script.The story focuses on the Murry family; especially teenager Meg and her genius 5 year-old brother Charles Wallace, and Meg's classmate Calvin O'Keefe. Their scientist father has gone missing, but after the visit of a mysterious old lady called Mrs. Whatsit – who tells their mother that "There is such a thing as a tesseract" – they learn that their father's research may...
- 8/5/2014
- EmpireOnline
Ask anyone about the best children’s sci-fi novels, and Madeline L’Engle’s Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time will inevitably emerge. It’s been beloved by readers of all ages for over fifty years, though somehow the novel has avoided a big-screen adaptation since its publication (we’re not going to count the awful 2003 TV movie, and neither should you). Now, however, A Wrinkle in Time movie may finally get off the ground.
After delivering a children’s classic of her own, Frozen co-writer/director Jennifer Lee has been hired by Disney to adapt another. According to Variety, Lee “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.” It’s unknown whether she’ll also direct the film, and though that’s entirely possible, her key role in Walt Disney...
After delivering a children’s classic of her own, Frozen co-writer/director Jennifer Lee has been hired by Disney to adapt another. According to Variety, Lee “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.” It’s unknown whether she’ll also direct the film, and though that’s entirely possible, her key role in Walt Disney...
- 8/5/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Do you want to build a snowman? Or travel through time to find a missing scientist? Following the smash success of 2013’s Frozen, the animated film’s writer and co-director Jennifer Lee has chosen her next project, adapting the classic young adult fantasy novel A Wrinkle in Time. Variety reports that Lee will pen the film’s screenplay, based off of Madeleine L’Engle’s 1962 book. The sci-fi story follows teenage Meg Murry, who travels through time with her brother Charles Wallace and pal Calvin O’Keefe to find her missing [...]...
- 8/5/2014
- Us Weekly
Mohit Takalkar
Pune-based theatre director Mohit Takalkar’s debut feature The Bright Day will premiere today at the Toronto International Film Festival. Mohit tells us about his foray into filmmaking:
What is The Bright Day about?
The Bright Day speaks out the confusions and dilemmas that the young generation faces in the process of finding the path they want to tread. The film explores this journey through strong cinematic imagery. It is shot in different terrains of India – City, Desert, Banks of Ganges; thus depicting imagery and reflections of inner and outer world beautifully. The film also works on spiritual and experiential layers to deal with the complexity of mind. A film of chance encounters, shifting perspectives and unexpected insights, The Bright Day is an intensely personal cinematic experience that is also universal.
What was the starting point for the film?
The starting point for the film was my own life.
Pune-based theatre director Mohit Takalkar’s debut feature The Bright Day will premiere today at the Toronto International Film Festival. Mohit tells us about his foray into filmmaking:
What is The Bright Day about?
The Bright Day speaks out the confusions and dilemmas that the young generation faces in the process of finding the path they want to tread. The film explores this journey through strong cinematic imagery. It is shot in different terrains of India – City, Desert, Banks of Ganges; thus depicting imagery and reflections of inner and outer world beautifully. The film also works on spiritual and experiential layers to deal with the complexity of mind. A film of chance encounters, shifting perspectives and unexpected insights, The Bright Day is an intensely personal cinematic experience that is also universal.
What was the starting point for the film?
The starting point for the film was my own life.
- 9/13/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Book adaptations -- when they're done right -- are movie magic. You need only look to "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" for proof that smart producers make films with a built-in fan base, and many (if not most) of our favorite kids' movies got their start on the bookshelf.
We're probably not the target audience for "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer," starring Heather Graham and a sweet li'l moppet named Jordana Beatty. The book was released in 2000, when most of us here were a touch too old to be reading about third grade troublemakers.
But all good kids' books satisfy someone's sense of nostalgia -- your "Judy Moody" might be our "Willy Wonka." And no matter how many classics get the big screen treatment, some will always fall through the cracks. So here are nine books we can't believe we've never seen onscreen.
'A Wrinkle in Time'...
We're probably not the target audience for "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer," starring Heather Graham and a sweet li'l moppet named Jordana Beatty. The book was released in 2000, when most of us here were a touch too old to be reading about third grade troublemakers.
But all good kids' books satisfy someone's sense of nostalgia -- your "Judy Moody" might be our "Willy Wonka." And no matter how many classics get the big screen treatment, some will always fall through the cracks. So here are nine books we can't believe we've never seen onscreen.
'A Wrinkle in Time'...
- 6/8/2011
- by Brooke Tarnoff
- NextMovie
I can't remember the last time I read this book, but it had to be at least ten years ago and I probably read it the first time when I was about eight and it's one of the few books from my childhood that I could remember specific details from as an adult.
A Wrinkle in Time tells the story of Meg Murray, her bother Charles Wallace and their friend Calvin O'Keefe as they travel across the universe to rescue Meg and Charles's father who has been trapped on a distant planet for years. This is a very simplified version of the plot, but it's necessary to boil it down to it's most essential elements.
This book stayed with me not necessarily because of the plot, but because of the emotions Meg experiences. Her feelings are strong, conflicting, and frequently not the sort of things that good, smart girls are "supposed" to feel.
A Wrinkle in Time tells the story of Meg Murray, her bother Charles Wallace and their friend Calvin O'Keefe as they travel across the universe to rescue Meg and Charles's father who has been trapped on a distant planet for years. This is a very simplified version of the plot, but it's necessary to boil it down to it's most essential elements.
This book stayed with me not necessarily because of the plot, but because of the emotions Meg experiences. Her feelings are strong, conflicting, and frequently not the sort of things that good, smart girls are "supposed" to feel.
- 8/10/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Screenwriter Jeff Stockwell has been tapped to write a film adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic time-travel novel “A Wrinkle in Time.” The script is for for Cary Granat and his newly-formed Bedrock Studios. The 1962 Newbery Medal-winning sci-fi novel is about teenaged Meg Murry, her genius brother Charles Wallace, and their fellow classmate Calvin O’Keefe. The three set out to rescue Meg’s missing father, a scientist who has been mysteriously abducted. Along they way they gain allies and counsel from the mysterious trio of Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which. The book has been adapted for film before by the BBC in 2003, as well as a TV [...]...
- 3/24/2010
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
Screenwriter Jeff Stockwell has been hired by Cary Granat and his Bedrock Studios to adapt "A Wrinkle in Time," the time-travel extravaganza from author Madeleine L'Engle.
Granat, who previously worked with Disney in the "Chronicles of Narnia" movies and "Bridge to Terabithia," is developing "Wrinkle in Time" for the studio, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
L.Engle.s 1962 Newbery Medal-winning science fiction novel features teenage protagonist Meg Murry, her whiz brother Charles Wallace, and classmate Calvin O'Keefe and their intergalactic mission to rescue Meg's missing scientist father. They are helped along the way by Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which -- I bet you, these characters will be memorable in the film version.
Stockwell previously co-wrote the adaptation of "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys," and "Bridge to Terabithia" for Disney.
Granat, who previously worked with Disney in the "Chronicles of Narnia" movies and "Bridge to Terabithia," is developing "Wrinkle in Time" for the studio, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
L.Engle.s 1962 Newbery Medal-winning science fiction novel features teenage protagonist Meg Murry, her whiz brother Charles Wallace, and classmate Calvin O'Keefe and their intergalactic mission to rescue Meg's missing scientist father. They are helped along the way by Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which -- I bet you, these characters will be memorable in the film version.
Stockwell previously co-wrote the adaptation of "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys," and "Bridge to Terabithia" for Disney.
- 3/22/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
There.s a new wrinkle with the feature adaptation of Madeleine L.Engle.s classic novel. According to The Hollywood Reporter Jeff Stockwell has been brought on board to pen the script for A Wrinkle in Time. Cary Granat.s Bedrock Studios will produce the story of Meg Murry, Charles Wallace Murry, and Calvin O.Keefe as they search through space and time for Meg and Charles.s scientist father. Stockwell and Granat and both in familiar territory here. The former adapted Bridge to Terabithia and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys while the latter produced Journey to the Center of the Earth. These movies, all based on popular children.s literature, were generally well-received by critics and fans alike. Like The Chronicles of Narnia, L.Engle.s classic resonates with a wide range of audience (hell, it.s been on bookshelves for thirty-eight years), and carries fairly overt Christian...
- 3/21/2010
- cinemablend.com
Jeff Stockwell will adapt author Madeleine L'Engle's classic time-travel novel, "A Wrinkle in Time," for Cary Granat and his new Bedrock Studios. The 1962 Newbery Medal-winning sci-fi novel is described as follows: 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? Stockwell's...
- 3/19/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Jeff Stockwell, writer of “The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys”, “Terabithia” and the soon to be illuminated “Our Wild Life” directed by the great Walter Salles is adapting the Sci-Fi classic A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle. What’s it about? An explanation: 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? Via ComingSoon.
- 3/19/2010
- by endymi0n
- SciFiCool.com
Screenwriter Jeff Stockwell has signed on to adapt children's classic A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engel, a story of time-and-space travel when an experiment goes wrong.The story begins on a dark and stormy night (so you know it's good) and centres on the Murry family; especially teenager Meg and her genius 5 year-old brother Charles Wallace, and Meg's classmate Calvin O'Keefe. Their scientist father has gone missing, but after the visit of a mysterious old lady called Mrs Whatsit - who tells their mother that "There is such a thing as a tesseract" - they learn that their father's research may have been more successful than they guessed and that he may have travelled in space and time. The kids end up following his footsteps to a planet called Camazotz, ruled by a giant evil brain called The Black Thing.That may all sound a bit weird - and,...
- 3/19/2010
- EmpireOnline
There is such a thing as a tesseract. Just ask Mrs. Whatsit.
Jeff Stockwell has been hired to adapt author Madeleine L'Engle's classic time-travel head trip, "A Wrinkle in Time," for Cary Granat and his new Bedrock Studios.
A Wrinkle in Time L'Engle's 1962 Newbery Medal-winning sci-fi novel revolves around teenager Meg Murry, her genius brother Charles Wallace and classmate Calvin O'Keefe as they launch an interplanetary mission to rescue the siblings' missing scientist father. They are counseled along the way by the mysterious trio of Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which.
The BBC made a film version of the young-adult novel, and Dimension produced a telefilm for ABC in 2004. Disney carried remake rights from that deal and is developing the new feature iteration with Bedrock, which had negotiated rights to the property from the L'Engle estate. Catherine Hand also is producing, and L'Engle's granddaughter, Charlotte Voilkis, is exec producing.
Jeff Stockwell has been hired to adapt author Madeleine L'Engle's classic time-travel head trip, "A Wrinkle in Time," for Cary Granat and his new Bedrock Studios.
A Wrinkle in Time L'Engle's 1962 Newbery Medal-winning sci-fi novel revolves around teenager Meg Murry, her genius brother Charles Wallace and classmate Calvin O'Keefe as they launch an interplanetary mission to rescue the siblings' missing scientist father. They are counseled along the way by the mysterious trio of Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which.
The BBC made a film version of the young-adult novel, and Dimension produced a telefilm for ABC in 2004. Disney carried remake rights from that deal and is developing the new feature iteration with Bedrock, which had negotiated rights to the property from the L'Engle estate. Catherine Hand also is producing, and L'Engle's granddaughter, Charlotte Voilkis, is exec producing.
- 3/18/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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