Disney Plans Maleficent Sequel

Maleficent screenwriter Linda Woolverton has been hired by Disney to write a follow up to the Angelina Jolie fantasy adventure that managed to magic up $760 million at the box office. The big screen re-imagining of  Disney’s classic Sleeping Beauty animation wouldn’t have seemed a likely candidate for a sequel, but giving Jolie the biggest [...]

Twilight Director For Beauty And The Beast

Twilight Breaking Dawn Director Bill Condon will direct a live action version of Beauty and The Beast for Disney, following in the wake of the box office success of Sleeping Beauty inspired Maleficent. With Cinderella and The Jungle Book also in various stages of development and production, Disney seems determined to fully exploit their back [...]

Maleficent Official Angelina Jolie Trailer

Disney have shared their first full length trailer for Maleficent the dark fantasy adventure that re-tells the timeless tale of Sleeping Beauty from the  perspective of titular evil sorceress Maleficent. Angelina Jolie stars as the horned villainess, whilst young Elle Fanning plays blonde heroine Princess Aurora. The new film certainly looks like it does a [...]

Frist Look at Angelina Jolie as Maleficent

Walt Disney Studios announced today that production began Wednesday, June 13th, on “Maleficent,” starring Academy Award winning actress Angelina Jolie. They also released the above teaser image of Jolie looking both beautiful and sinister as the real life embodiment of the iconic Sleeping Beauty villain. Directed by two-time Oscar winning production designer Robert Stromberg (“Avatar,” “Alice in Wonderland”), [...]