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** This makes it rather ironic that these female trailblazers took part in creating one of the largest financial flops to have ever been introduced to the cinematic world.
** The film did ultimately break the glass ceiling in several areas:
*** It was the first film directed by a black woman with a budget of over $100 million.
*** It is by-and-far the biggest box-office bomb directed by a woman.
*** It is firmly placed among the top ten movies that lost the most money.
** The film did ultimately break the glass ceiling in several areas:
*** It was the first film directed by a black woman with a budget of over $100 million.
*** It is by-and-far the biggest box-office bomb directed by a woman.
*** It is firmly placed among the top ten movies that lost the most money.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/OprahWinfrey, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Creator/ChrisPine, Creator/GuguMbathaRaw, Creator/MichaelPena, and Creator/ZachGalifianakis, for starters.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/OprahWinfrey, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Creator/MindyKaling, Creator/ChrisPine, Creator/GuguMbathaRaw, Creator/MichaelPena, and Creator/ZachGalifianakis, for starters.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/OprahWinfrey, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Creator/ChrisPine, Creator/GuguMbathaRaw, Michael Peña, and Zach Galifianakis, for starters.
* AwesomeDearBoy: Chris Pine said he was interested in doing the film once he heard that the Murrys would be a mixed race family.
* AwesomeDearBoy: Chris Pine said he was interested in doing the film once he heard that the Murrys would be a mixed race family.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/OprahWinfrey, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Creator/ChrisPine, Creator/GuguMbathaRaw, Michael Peña, Creator/MichaelPena, and Zach Galifianakis, Creator/ZachGalifianakis, for starters.
* AwesomeDearBoy:Chris Pine Creator/ChrisPine said he was interested in doing the film once he heard that the Murrys would be a mixed race family.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RowanBlanchard, best known as the kind-hearted [[Series/GirlMeetsWorld Riley Matthews]] and [[Series/TheGoldbergs Adam Goldberg]]'s scifi-loving girlfriend Jackie, here plays a high school AlphaBitch who bullies the main character.
* PlayingWithCharacterType: Michael Pena's usual quirkiness is still present but it's soon revealed he's a bodyguard for the IT - designed to [[spoiler: sucker Charles Wallace in for demonic possession]].
* ProductionPosse: Creator/OprahWinfrey, who acted in [=DuVernay=]'s previous film ''Film/{{Selma}}'' and served as executive producer on a number of her projects. Andre Holland and David Oyelowo also starred in ''Selma''.
* RealitySubtext: Ava [=DuVernay=] lost her own father shortly before she made the film, just as Meg has to cope with her father's disappearance.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Disney's decision to release the film during ''Black Panther'''s winning streak was a costly miscalculation on their part.[[note]]Though in their defense, they weren't counting on that film becoming a global phenomenon instead of a standard popular Marvel release.[[/note]]
* ShownTheirWork: Somebody on the writing team has read the other books in the Time Quintet because this version is the only one ''not'' to fall victim to NamedByTheAdaptation for the Drs. Murry. This adaptation references their canon names, which aren't mentioned by L'Engle until ''An Acceptable Time,'' the last book in the series that takes place about 30 years after the events of ''A Wrinkle in Time.''
* TypeCasting: The kooky, ditzy Mrs Whatsit isn’t too far off from the kind of eccentric characters Reese Witherspoon plays a lot.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The film was first greenlit back in 2010 to be produced by Bedrock Studios. It would have had a budget of $35 million, but was shelved for unknown reasons and not picked up again until 2014.
** There were rumors that Kevin Hart and Amy Adams would have parts in the film.
* PlayingWithCharacterType: Michael Pena's usual quirkiness is still present but it's soon revealed he's a bodyguard for the IT - designed to [[spoiler: sucker Charles Wallace in for demonic possession]].
* ProductionPosse: Creator/OprahWinfrey, who acted in [=DuVernay=]'s previous film ''Film/{{Selma}}'' and served as executive producer on a number of her projects. Andre Holland and David Oyelowo also starred in ''Selma''.
* RealitySubtext: Ava [=DuVernay=] lost her own father shortly before she made the film, just as Meg has to cope with her father's disappearance.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Disney's decision to release the film during ''Black Panther'''s winning streak was a costly miscalculation on their part.[[note]]Though in their defense, they weren't counting on that film becoming a global phenomenon instead of a standard popular Marvel release.[[/note]]
* ShownTheirWork: Somebody on the writing team has read the other books in the Time Quintet because this version is the only one ''not'' to fall victim to NamedByTheAdaptation for the Drs. Murry. This adaptation references their canon names, which aren't mentioned by L'Engle until ''An Acceptable Time,'' the last book in the series that takes place about 30 years after the events of ''A Wrinkle in Time.''
* TypeCasting: The kooky, ditzy Mrs Whatsit isn’t too far off from the kind of eccentric characters Reese Witherspoon plays a lot.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The film was first greenlit back in 2010 to be produced by Bedrock Studios. It would have had a budget of $35 million, but was shelved for unknown reasons and not picked up again until 2014.
** There were rumors that Kevin Hart and Amy Adams would have parts in the film.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RowanBlanchard, best known as the kind-hearted [[Series/GirlMeetsWorld Riley Matthews]] and [[Series/TheGoldbergs Adam Goldberg]]'s Creator/AdamGoldberg's scifi-loving girlfriend Jackie, here plays a high school AlphaBitch who bullies the main character.
* PlayingWithCharacterType:Michael Pena's Creator/MichaelPena's usual quirkiness is still present but it's soon revealed he's a bodyguard for the IT - designed to [[spoiler: sucker Charles Wallace in for demonic possession]].
* ProductionPosse: Creator/OprahWinfrey, who acted in [=DuVernay=]'s previous film ''Film/{{Selma}}'' and served as executive producer on a number of her projects.Andre Holland Creator/AndreHolland and David Oyelowo Creator/DavidOyelowo also starred in ''Selma''.
* RealitySubtext:Ava [=DuVernay=] Creator/AvaDuVernay lost her own father shortly before she made the film, just as Meg has to cope with her father's disappearance.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was first greenlit back in 2010 to be produced by Bedrock Studios. It would have had a budget of $35 million, but was shelved for unknown reasons and not picked up again until 2014.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork:Disney's Creator/{{Disney}}'s decision to release the film during ''Black Panther'''s ''Film/BlackPanther2018'''s winning streak was a costly miscalculation on their part.[[note]]Though in their defense, they weren't counting on that film becoming a global phenomenon instead of a standard popular Marvel release.[[/note]]
* ShownTheirWork: Somebody on the writing team has read the other books in the Time Quintet because this version is the only one ''not'' to fall victim to NamedByTheAdaptation for the Drs. Murry. This adaptation references their canon names, which aren't mentioned by L'Engle until ''An Acceptable Time,'' the last book in the series that takes place about 30 years after the events of ''A Wrinkle in Time.''
* TypeCasting: The kooky, ditzy Mrs Whatsit isn’t too far off from the kind of eccentric characters Reese Witherspoon Creator/ReeseWitherspoon plays a lot.
*WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The film was first greenlit back in 2010 to be produced by Bedrock Studios. It would have had a budget of $35 million, but was shelved for unknown reasons and not picked up again until 2014.
**WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were rumors that Kevin Hart Creator/KevinHart and Amy Adams Creator/AmyAdams would have parts in the film.
* PlayingWithCharacterType:
* ProductionPosse: Creator/OprahWinfrey, who acted in [=DuVernay=]'s previous film ''Film/{{Selma}}'' and served as executive producer on a number of her projects.
* RealitySubtext:
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was first greenlit back in 2010 to be produced by Bedrock Studios. It would have had a budget of $35 million, but was shelved for unknown reasons and not picked up again until 2014.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork:
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** All the more ironic when the movie flopped on its' face and is one of the top ten biggest box-office bombs ever.
it was the first film directed by a black woman with a budget of more than $100 million and is by-and-far the biggest box-office bomb direct by a woman.
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*** It is by-and-far the biggest box-office bomb directed by a woman and woman.
*** It is firmly placed among the top ten moviesby financial loss.
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** This makes it all the more ironic
** The film did ultimately break the glass ceiling in several areas:
*** It was the first film directed by a black woman with a budget of over $100 million.
*** It is by-and-far the biggest box-office bomb directed by a woman and is firmly among the top ten movies by financial loss.
it was the first film directed by a black woman with a budget of more than $100 million and is by-and-far the biggest box-office bomb direct by a woman.
** The film did ultimately break the glass ceiling in several areas:
*** It was the first film directed by a black woman with a budget of over $100 million.
*** It is by-and-far the biggest box-office bomb directed by a woman and is firmly among the top ten movies by financial loss.
it was the first film directed by a black woman with a budget of more than $100 million and is by-and-far the biggest box-office bomb direct by a woman.
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