The first teaser for Maleficent was cool, but we didn’t get a particularly great look at Angelina Jolie in the title role. Now a new teaser has arrived which shows Angie in all her bad-plastic-surgery-looking cheekbone glory.
It also attempts to tie the movie in more directly to Disney’s animated 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty, letting us know this movie will be tied directly to that one, giving a different side to the tale and letting us know the tale of that film’s villain.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘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.’
It’s due in cinemas this May. [Read more…]
It seems there may be a couple of issues with Walt Disney Pictures’s Maleficent, as the House Of Mouse has hired John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) to write new scenes for the upcoming reshoots. He won’t helm the additional material himself, but he is coming on board to help oversee the production with first-time director Robert Stromberg, according to 
Filming started in June on Walt Disney Pictures’ Maleficent, with Angelina Jolie playing the title character. Today, the studio revealed that the actress’ four-year-old daughter, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, has been cast as the young Princess Aurora.
In the Sleeping Beauty tale, the handsome prince is a bit of an afterthought (which he is in most fairytales, because as long as you’re handsome and a prince, you don’t need any other qualifications to be worth marrying), but it appears Maleficent may give him a little more to do, as it will expand the story beyond the usual bounds, telling it from the evil fairy’s point of view (played by Angelina Jolie).
As seems to happen a lot of the time when Hollywood heads for fantasy territory, they’re busy filling out the cast of Disney’s fairytale film Maleficent with British talent. Angelina Jolie may be playing the title role, but now 
Actress Angelina Jolie has long been attached to Disney’s live-action fairy tale Maleficent, which is set to look at the Sleeping Beauty tale from the evil fairy’s point of view. She was recently joined by director Robert Stromberg and it appear the script is nearly ready, so the next job is to find the story’s sleepy princess.