Bayan nasarar kudi na Tim Burton Alice a Wonderland (2010), Disney ya hayar Jeff Stockwell don rubuta rubutun don Cary Granat da sabon Bedrock Studios. Granat ya yi aiki tare da Disney a kan Tarihin Narnia da Bridge to Terab fina-finai. An tsara kasafin kudin aikin ya zama dala miliyan 35, wanda kamfanin ya kwatanta da "Gundumar 9 da Bridge to Terab", dukansu an yi su ne a kasa da dala miliyan 30. Duk da haka, A Wrinkle in Time ya kasance wani ɓangare na sabon shirin na California Film Commission, wanda ya biya bashin haraji na Irene.
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