Check out this first look from Disney’s Maleficent, which began production on June 13. This is the untold story of Disney’s most beloved villain, Maleficent, from the 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty. The film reveals the events that hardened her heart and drove her to curse the baby Aurora.
The live-action film features Angelina Jolie in the title role. Co-starring are Sharlto Copley (District 9), Elle Fanning (Super 8), Sam Riley (On the Road), Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), Miranda Richardson (The Hours), Juno Temple (Atonement) and Lesley Manville (Secrets & Lies).
Directed by two-time Oscar®-winning production designer Robert Stromberg (Avatar, Alice in Wonderland), in his directorial debut, and produced by Joe Roth, Maleficent is written by Linda Woolverton (The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast) and executive produced by Angelina Jolie, Don Hahn, Matt Smith and Palak Patel.
Behind-the-scenes talent includes Academy Award®-winning cinematographer Dean Semler (Dances with Wolves, In the Land of Blood and Honey), production designer Gary Freeman (Saving Private Ryan, The Bourne Supremacy), two-time Oscar®-nominated costume designer Anna B. Sheppard (Schindler’s List, The Pianist) and seven-time Academy Award-winning makeup artist Rick Baker (Planet of the Apes, Men in Black).
Maleficent is scheduled for a March 14, 2014 release in 3D.
