Writer and co-director of Disney's hit movie Frozen, Jennifer Lee, will set her eyes on A Wrinkle in Time for her next project.

As a huge fan of A Wrinkle in Time, this comes as very surprising yet very welcome news.  Disney has proven itself capable of presenting a wonderful story time and again, so I have nothing but high hopes for this film. It is ponderous that it hasn’t been announced as a series, however.   It doesn’t seem  like Disney to not capitalize on an entire series of books.

Published in 1962, “Wrinkle in Time” was one of Lee’s favorite novels as a child, and she 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.

There is no director yet attached to “A Wrinkle in Time” that Jim Whitaker will produce with Catherine Hand.

Whitaker most recently produced Disney’s “The Odd Life of Timothy Green.” His credits also include “American Gangster” and “Robin Hood.” Hand already had produced a “Wrinkle in Time” TV movie for ABC that aired in 2003.

Lee, who also co-wrote Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph,” is repped by CAA and Code Entertainment.

Source: Variety