There might not be a better person for this role out there than Angelina Jolie!
The first look at Angie as ‘Maleficent’ in Disney’s new live action film has arrived.
The film will be a dark take on ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ and here are a few details that were released with the photo on Slash Film.
” Linda Woolverton‘s script deals with a human/faerie conflict, andElle Fanning plays the young princess Aurora. Juno Temple, Imelda Staunton, andLesley Manville play pixie faeries who are giving Aurora a hand, and Sharlto Copley is Aurora’s royal father Stefan, the half-human, half-fairy bastard son of the human king (Kenneth Cranham). Miranda Richardson plays Maleficent’s aunt, the fairy queen Ulla,Sam Riley is Maleficent’s right-hand man who can take raven form, and India Eisley will appear as a younger version of Maleficent.”
From the official release:
Directed by two-time Oscar®-winning production designer Robert Stromberg (“Avatar,” “Alice in Wonderland”), in his directorial debut, and produced by Joe Roth, “Maleficent” is written by Linda Woolverton (“The Lion King,” “Beauty and the Beast”) and executive produced by Angelina Jolie, Don Hahn, Matt Smith and Palak Patel.
“This is the untold story of Disney’s most beloved villain, Maleficent, from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.” The film reveals the events that hardened her heart and drove her to curse the baby, Aurora.”
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