Wrinkle in Time movie? was Re: Tuck Everlasting

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Jen wrote:
> 
> Okay, how out-of-the-loop am I, exactly?  My daughter watches 
> the Disney channel, so I know that a "made for tv" movie based 
> on L'Engle's _A Ring of Endless Light_ is coming out... but I 
> had no idea about _A Wrinkle in Time_ (perhaps *the* book that 
> convinced me that reading was the best pasttime ever...).  Is 
> this a theater movie, or a tv movie?  Where did you see trailers 
> for it?
> 
> Am I totally out of it?  For the record, I just want to say that 
> hearing you say there's going to be a movie coming out makes me
> apprehensive.  I've already decided (in the 30-odd seconds I've 
> known about it) that I don't think I want to go see it. ;)
> 

Well, A Ring Of Endless Light will premiere in about a week (Aug. 23 
to be exact). Frankly, THAT movie has me terrified. It's like a train 
wreck I can't look away from. Endless Light is my favourite of 
L'Engle's books, and Disney has taken the main theme of the movie 
(accepting that death is part of and an affirmation of life) and 
relegated it to the background as the characters fight to save 
dolphins from fishing nets. And the sad part is, that I know I'm 
going to watch it. 

Compared to that, the Wrinkle in Time movie looks like heaven on 
earth. It's meant to be a four-hour miniseries, to air on ABC in the 
US, presumably this November, but I heard that reshooting is going on 
so it may be delayed. Actually, the trailer I saw looks fairly 
good... my only real nitpick is that Meg's parents first names were 
changed. And even that isn't a HUGE deal, since we don't learn their 
names in Wrinkle that I can remember. Personally, I think that since 
it's to be done in a miniseries format, that will greatly increase 
the quality of the movie. I've looked at the cast, and the actor 
playing Dr. Murry seems like he'll do a pretty good job (he played 
Dr. David in the US Queer As Folk, and I can definitely see him as 
Dr. Murry). The website for the actress playing Meg has some photos 
of her-- she fits my vision of Meg pretty well, and from what I can 
tell she seems pretty dedicated to doing a good job with this role.

Here's a question, in case anyone knows the answer: L'Engle is 
supposed to be working on a new book, another one about Meg. Has 
anyone heard anything about publishing dates? I'm waiting for this as 
anxiously as I am OoP.

Rhiannon, the L'Engle fanatic/L.O.O.N., who also read Tuck 
Everlasting and was also afraid that it would be a teen romance. I'm 
glad it doesn't seem that way in the trailer, but I still think that 
the girl playing Winnie looks too old.