Maleficent 2: Walt Disney Studios to produce sequel to the 2014 Angelina Jolie starrer, which grossed a massive $758 million around the world.
Maleficent 2 is in the works at Disney.
Maleficent 2 will be realised by The Walt Disney Company following a hugely successful retelling of the story in the first film, which was released last year. Word is coming in via TheWrap that the Mouse House are looking to develop a sequel with Joe Roth returning to produce and screenwriter Linda Woolverton penning a new script. Director Robert Stromberg is not expected to return.
While it is not known as to whether Angelina Jolie is to come back to play the title character in Maleficent 2, Disney will be very, very keen that she does. The first film grossed a whopping $758 million around the world including $241 million in its home territory – a huge success for Disney. The budget was said to be around $180 million.
USA Today have managed to grab Jolie for a quote on potentially returning, which doesn;t sound too positive to us.
“Possibly,” she told the USA Today website. “I don’t know. I enjoyed it. I just feel like we did this one thoroughly and I don’t think there’d be another. I feel like this is the one, if I was going to ever do a Disney one, this is the one I wanted to do. And I think we’ve done it well.”
We don’t have much further information other than that, but you’d expect Disney to put this as a bit of a priority while the original is still fresh in people’s minds.
Let’s remind ourselves of the plot of Maleficent.
As a beautiful young woman of pure heart, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) has an idyllic life in a forest kingdom. When an invading army threatens the land, Maleficent rises up to become its fiercest protector. However, a terrible betrayal hardens her heart and twists her into a creature bent on revenge. She engages in an epic battle with the invading king’s successor, then curses his newborn daughter, Aurora — realizing only later that the child holds the key to peace in the kingdom.
We’d expect Maleficent 2 to go before cameras potentially next year for a summer 2017 release.
Angelina Jolie will next be seen in By The Sea opposite husband Brad Pitt, and will return to voice Tigress in Kung Fu Panda 3 next year.
