
Disney is planning to release the very first trailer for Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie, tomorrow, and ahead of that we have a great poster for the movie. Jolie’s certainly looking a little creepy with very piercing eyes. We’re not entirely sure why her head is wrapped in duct tape though.
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’ll be in cinemas next Spring.
Idris Elba is having a increasingly impressive transatlantic career, with the likes of Pacific Rim in the US and London detective Luther in the UK. Now he’s planning to span the Atlantic, as the British actor is heading to Paris to play an American in Bastille Day, according to
Director Guillermo del Toro is at the Rome Film Festival, where he ended up getting onto the subject of Warner Bros.’ plans for the DC Universe, suggesting they have an all-encompassing scheme that will cover all mediums.
It looks like we’re getting a sort-of sequel to the 2004 movie Layer Cake, which helped turn Daniel Craig into a bona fide movie star. It’s only sort-of, as while it’s based on the JJ Connolly’s sequel novel, it seems a whole new filmmaking team will take on the tale, according to
With Hollywood in love with fairytales at the moment, there’s been a lot of interest in creating a live-action version of Peter Pan, although none of them will directly takes on the stories JM Barrie himself created stories. Now Joe Wright (Atonement, Anna Karenina) has been hired to direct a currently untitled Peter Pan origin project which is set up at Warner Bros.
The Night At The Museum franchise is coming to the UK, and as a result it needs a few British actors. Now it’s got one in the form of former Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens, whose star is certainly on the rise.
There was no doubt that Thor: The Dark World would top the US box office this weekend, with the only question being how big its opening would be. The first film took $65 million in its opening three days, but The Dark World got an Avengers boost, taking $86 million on its debut.