Written specifically in mind for superstar actress Angelina Jolie, Disney’s live-action version of SLEEPING BEAUTY offers to give us a unique spin on the iconic fairytale by looking at the plot from the villain’s perspective. MALEFICENT is the directorial debut of Oscar-winning visual-effects specialist Robert Stromberg, who brings Paul Dini and Linda Woolverton screenplay to life. We’ll have the first trailer for you here at THN tomorrow at 2pm but first, why not check out the first poster for the film hitting cinemas from the 30th May 2014.
From Disney comes “Maleficent”—the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.” A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal—an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom—and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.
MALEFICENT co-stars Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Peter Capaldi, Juno Temple, Brenton Thwaites, Sam Riley, Miranda Richardson, Kenneth Cranham and Imelda Staunton.
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