28 Casting Ideas For the New A Wrinkle in Time Adaptation

King, whose long résumé includes 2010's Ramona and Beezus and the Fargo TV series, would be a natural fit for the female protagonist.

Remember Foy as Renesmee from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn? She's 15 now and would be a good candidate for the mousy, awkward Meg. (They'd have to play her natural beauty down, of course.)

Stenberg broke onto the scene when she played Rue in 2012's The Hunger Games. At 17, she's a bit older than Meg, but she could still totally nail the role. After all, Katie Stuart played Meg in the original when she was 18 years old.

Girl Meets World's Blanchard might actually be too cool to play outcast Meg, but she's the perfect age.

Hayward first turned up in 2012's Moonrise Kingdom, and she recently appeared in the Sundance hit Manchester by the Sea. She's poised for stardom, and Meg might be the perfect role to take her there.

It's been four years since Wallis received critical raves for her role in Beasts of the Southern Wild, and by the time filming starts on this adaptation, she'll probably have turned 13. Sure, she's on the younger side, but should this movie turn into a series (like the books), she'll be able to grow with them.

Shields hasn't had a ton of time to explore projects outside of the Hunger Games franchise, and playing Meg might be the perfect role for her to secure herself as a leading woman.

Last on our short list for Meg is Nashville's Lennon Stella. The show is her only acting credit, and we're curious to see what she could do with a big role.

If you watch Girl Meets World, you're already familiar with little Maturo. He plays Auggie Matthews, and he would be a great fit for child prodigy Charles Wallace.

For a 12-year-old, Charles has an exhaustive résumé. He's voiced characters in everything from Adventure Time to Family Guy, and he's appeared in American Sniper and on the ill-fated ABC series The Neighbors. Plus, he's adorable and could totally pull off the telepathic Charles Wallace.

Brown is a constant scene-stealer on Black-ish: he clearly has the acting chops that could shine on the big screen.

Let's be real: Tremblay would slay this role. The 9-year-old Room star has taken award season by storm, and he could absolutely handle Charles Wallace's dense vocabulary.

Riggs should take a break from fighting zombies to play Meg's young love interest, Calvin O'Keefe. Calvin is a couple years older than Meg, and he's one of the cool kids.

Cutkosky has played Carl Gallagher on Shameless for the past five years, and he's at just the right age to play Calvin.

We've been watching Gould grow up before our very eyes on Modern Family, and he would be perfect to play the male lead. He even took Joey King to the Screen Actors Guild Awards this year — can you imagine if they starred opposite each other in the movie? Cuteness overload.

He might be too old for the part, but we can't help but think of another Shameless actor for Calvin: Cameron Monaghan. He's the only actor on our short list who has Calvin's red hair, and that's a major plus.

Mrs. Whatsit (originally played by Alfre Woodard) is over 2 billion years old, but appearance-wise, she's just an elderly woman wrapped in clothes. She's knowledgeable and caring, and Dame Maggie Smith would be wonderful.

Also a great candidate? The fabulous Dame Helen Mirren.

At this point, whoever plays Mrs. Whatsit clearly has to be a dame. Dench fits the bill!

Mrs. Who is slightly "plump" and wears glasses: she is highly intellectual and often quotes famous writers like Shakespeare. Grier has been in everything from The L Word to The Man With the Iron Fists since breaking out in 1974's Foxy Brown. I'd love to see her nail this role.

While Bates has become a fixture on American Horror Story and is thus kind of terrifying, she would still make a great Mrs. Who.

Finally, remember Margolyes as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter movies? How great would she be?

Mrs. Which is the leader of the Mrs. W's. She's wise and a great advocate for the children. She may be a tough one to cast, since she doesn't actually have a human form and mostly appears as a shimmering light or sometimes a stereotypical witch with a black hat. Who better to take on the role than Streep?

Then again, American Horror Story's Lange has had good practice playing a witch.

Julie Andrews, patron saint of wonderful grandmothers, would almost be too good to be true.

The Man With Red Eyes is a mysterious figure. He is the "Prime Coordinator" on the planet that the kids travel to, and he is the vessel through which IT, the brain that dominates the planet, communicates. While at first he's friendly, he turns on the children. The Blacklist's Spader is just the man to play both sides.

Spectre's Waltz would also be a good pick: he's proven that he can play nice guys (Django Unchained ) and the terribly evil (Inglourious Basterds).

Actually, scratch everything. If Doctor Who and Jessica Jones taught us anything, it's that Tennant needs to play this role.