Here’s our first look at Angelina Jolie as Maleficent. At first I wondered what could be so darn interesting up there, and then I decided that her pointy-eared hat is probably making it difficult to keep her head level. It does hark back to the original evil queen in the 1959 animated tale, though.
At any rate, this is Walt Disney Pictures’ retelling of the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, only told from the perspective of the princess’ evil nemesis, Maleficent, a.k.a. the Mistress of All Evil. Not to read anything into this, but Jolie seems born to play this part, doesn’t she?
Robert Stromberg is the director, and many of his credits are as visual effects or production designer — films like [amazon_link id=”B0041KKYHE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Water for Elephants[/amazon_link], [amazon_link id=”B002VPE1B6″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Avatar[/amazon_link], Alice in Wonderland, and Sam Raimi’s upcoming Oz: The Great and Powerful.
Also in this movie: Elle Fanning (Princess Aurora), Juno Temple (Thistlewit), Brenton Thwaites (Young Prince), India Eisley (Young Maleficent), Sharlto Copley (Stefan), Miranda Richardson (Queen Ulla), and Imelda Staunton (Knotgrass).
Maleficent is scheduled to hit theaters on March 14, 2014.
I think there might be a mirror up there…
Strange world, that Hollywood. First we get cartoons that are really animated people and now we have a person playing a cartoon figure.
Ugh. I never have liked this woman.
If anything, it could be interesting to see how the fairy tale is (re)interpreted.
She looks scary in her costume and make-up, but she’s beautiful. I think she’ll have a movie that will click all over the world.
There is a strange and uncanny resemblance…
I’m assuming this Maleficent will speak in a sultry voice and wear sexy outfits?
I like it. I always thought Maleficent was the most interesting part of Sleeping Beauty. Why is it that the villains always come off as more dynamic than the good guys in many Disney flicks?
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