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Angelina Jolie's new twist to Sleeping Beauty
Get ready to watch your favourite childhood story in a way that you’ve never imagined before. Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie, explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic story of Sleeping Beauty.
Get ready to watch your favourite childhood story in a way that you’ve never imagined before.
Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie, explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic story of Sleeping Beauty.
Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king’s newborn infant, Aurora.
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Talking about her role, Angelina says, "I loved Maleficent when I was a little girl. She was my favourite Disney character. I was afraid of her and I loved her."
Producer Joe Roth admits to being intrigued by the duality.
"This movie is about a character we’ve only known as hard-hearted and our story answers the question, ‘why’. I’d like audiences to feel like they’ve entered a world they’ve never seen before, and I hope they come away feeling like no one is beyond redemption," he explains.
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The film marks the directorial debut of Robert Stromberg, who has won two Oscars as a production designer (for Avatar in 2009 and Alice In Wonderland in 2010).
Disney India is releasing Maleficent in India on May 30, the same day as the US.
