"Frozen" was Disney's animated mega-hit film: winning at the box office and with global audiences, and receiving two Oscars. Disney hopes to capitalize with that winning formula by using the same screenwriter and director on their new film project, "A Wrinkle in Time."

It was announced last week that this book-to-film adaptation of "A Wrinkle in Time," written by Madeleine L'Engle, will be helmed by the co-director and screenwriter of Disney's "Frozen" Jennifer Lee. It was Lee's idea to push for this project. There was an unsuccessful TV movie version with the same name, but this new film version with Lee at the reins is showing magical promise.

Lee scored big with Disney's animated hit "Frozen." "Frozen" is the biggest box hit ever with $1.3 billion.

Variety first broke the story of Lee's involvement in this project. "A Wrinkle in Time," published in 1962, was Lee's favorite novel when she was a child. Reportedly, Lee had impressed and influenced the Disney executives with her perspective on the upcoming film project. Similar to "Frozen," for Lee this story has a strong female oriented and driven voice, as well as new and innovative approaches to science-fiction, Variety reported.

Now that Lee has been assigned to adapt "A Wrinkle in Time," she will continue in the role of Walt Disney's Animation's story trust. Currently Lee is involved in the upcoming Disney film project "Big Hero 6" which is based on a Marvel comic. "Big Hero 6" is expected to debut on Nov. 7, Variety reported. Lee also co-wrote Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph."

Also involved in "A Wrinkle in Time" is Jim Whitaker, who will serve as producer. Whitaker has most recently produced Disney's "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," as well as "American Gangster" and "Robin Hood". The producer on the TV version of "A Wrinkle in Time" Catherine Hand will also serve as producer on this rebooted film project, Variety reported.

The TV movie of "A Wrinkle in Time" aired on ABC in 2003. In the TV version it starred Katie Stuart of "X-Men 2," Gregory Smith from "Everwood," and also Alfre Woodard, Kate Nelligan and Alison Elliott as the witches, The Christian Science Monitor reported.

The original novel of L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" is about Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace and their friend Calvin, who have all been chosen to rescue Mr. Murry from "IT." Mr. Murry is Meg and Charles' father. The young children receive help from three witches, Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Which, The Christian Science Monitor reported.

While the "A Wrinkle in Time" TV movie was panned by critics, L'Engle's original novel was not received well either. The "A Wrinkle in Time" novel was rejected many times before it was published. But for L'Engle this was her passion project, the LA Times reported.

"I cannot possibly tell you how I came to write it," L'Engle had once said. "It was simply a book I had to write. I had no choice. It was only after it was written that I realized what some of it meant," LA Times reported.

With its success, several awards that it received including the Newbery Medal Award, and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Awards, L'Engle wrote four more books in the series: "A Wind in the Door," "A Swiftly Tilting Planet," "Many Waters" and "An Acceptable Time," LA Times reported.