After an extensive search, The Walt Disney Studios is pleased to announce that 13-year-old Storm Reid will play the lead role of Meg Murry in the upcoming Disney live action adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A WRINKLE IN TIME.
Said director Ava DuVernay,"After an extensive search that spanned multiple dimensions, we're overjoyed to welcome Storm Reid to WRINKLE IN TIME as our beloved "Meg." Storm is a tremendously talented young actress who embodies the hopes, dreams and spirit of a character much loved by audiences worldwide for generations. I can't wait to work with Storm as we chronicle Meg's epic quest, alongside Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling as Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who. Tesser well!" Reid's first theatrical film role was in the Academy Award-winning 12 YEARS A SLAVE where she played Emily, and she has also appeared in AMERICAN GIRL: LEA TO THE RESCUE and SLEIGHT, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Most recently, she shot a starring role in Judy Greer's directorial debut A HAPPENING OF MONUMENTAL PROPROTIONS (2017), alongside Allison Janney, Common and Bradley Whitford. She is represented by Stella Alex from the Savage Agency, Principato-Young Entertainment, and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson.It was a dark and stormy night...I wwondder wwhat Mrs. Whatsit is uupp to? @Rwitherspoon
- Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) September 13, 2016
. @Oprah Wild nights are my glory! Don't you agree, Mrs. Who? @mindykaling https://t.co/gMMlVSoDcL
- Reese Witherspoon (@RWitherspoon) September 14, 2016
.@rwitherspoon @oprah I do! And good news! We've found Meg! Hi, @AlwayzStormn! @Disney https://t.co/iOjqjxqktx
- Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) September 14, 2016
Photo credit: Deidhra Fahey
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