Michael Peña joins A Wrinkle In Time, along with everyone else in the universe

Michael Peña, who stole scenes during his turn as Scott Lang’s fellow thief pal Luis in the first Ant-Man movie, will have another chance to run away with the plot in Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time. According to the official Wrinkle In Time Twitter account, Peña has been cast as Red, and it’s pretty safe to assume that’s the film’s version of the Man With The Red Eyes, a mysterious and dangerous telepathic creature in Madeleine L’Engle’s novel. Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin meet the Man With The Red Eyes halfway through the book. The creature lives on planet Camazotz, a utopia where everyone does what they’re told when they’re told—a nightmare for most children. The Man With The Red Eyes turns out to be sinister and manipulative, one of the book’s many villains. His mouth doesn’t move when he speaks; the children hear him in their brain, and it’s creepy as hell. It’s hard to imagine Peña’s warm presence in such an evil role, but maybe that welcoming face of his actually makes him the perfect candidate to trick children into believing what he says.