{"id":12984,"date":"2018-01-30T17:21:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T22:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=12984"},"modified":"2018-01-30T17:21:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T22:21:41","slug":"wrinkle-time-cast-getting-turned-barbie-dolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/01\/wrinkle-time-cast-getting-turned-barbie-dolls.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A Wrinkle in Time&#8217; Cast is Getting Turned into Barbie Dolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced this week that the trio of female stars from Disney&#8217;s fantasy movie, &#8220;A Wrinkle in Time&#8221; will be transformed into Barbie dolls.<\/p>\n<p>Oprah Winfrey (Mrs. Which), Reese Witherspoon (Mrs. Whatsit) and Mindy Kaling (Mrs. Who) will all get the Barbie treatment. They will be released before the movie, and are listed &#8220;for the adult collector&#8221; at $50 each.<\/p>\n<p>Ava DuVernay, who directs the film, is a big fan of the brand. Back in 2015, DuVernay herself was transformed into a Barbie doll as a part of Mattel company\u2019s \u201cShero\u201d campaign, which honored real-life women and their accomplishments in entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>DuVernay excitedly shared the news out on her Twitter account. She noted how she never was able to see such a diverse representation of powerful women in her Barbies as a child.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When Disney makes Barbies of your movie\u2019s characters and you just want to stare at them all day in disbelief because you loved Barbies as a girl but never had any like these. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrinkleinTime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WrinkleinTime<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7PzQsiNoyG\">pic.twitter.com\/7PzQsiNoyG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ava DuVernay (@ava) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ava\/status\/956380733848743936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aside from all the excitement about their characters being turned into dolls, it&#8217;s also extraordinary the women who are portraying the characters. All three women have been prominent voices for women&#8217;s rights in the past few months, and joined forces to help create and enforce Time&#8217;s Up\u00a0movement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Wrinkle in Time&#8221; opens in theaters Mar. 9, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced this week that the trio of female stars from Disney&#8217;s fantasy movie, &#8220;A Wrinkle in Time&#8221; will be transformed into Barbie dolls. Oprah Winfrey (Mrs. Which), Reese Witherspoon (Mrs. Whatsit) and Mindy Kaling (Mrs. Who) will all get the Barbie treatment. 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