Angelina Jolie is set to return to the big screen next year as she takes on the title role on Maleficent.
The movie sees Jolie team up with director Robert Stromberg as he makes his directorial debut with this Disney project.
Maleficent brings together a terrific cast as Jolie is joined by Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Juno Temple, Sam Riley, Miranda Richardson and Imelda Staunton.
Maleficent is 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.
Maleficent is already one of the most talked about movies of 2014, and it promises to be a film that is not to be missed.
Maleficent is released May 2014.
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