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Continuing the growing trend of fairy tales being turned into live action films aimed at older audiences, Angelina Jolie will star as the title villainess in Maleficent, a retelling of Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the evil sorceress who makes life difficult for princess heroine Aurora. Here's an official statement from Disney staking out the film's release date and offering a brief synopsis...
Maleficent To Hit Theatres on March 14, 2014
"The Walt Disney Studios has announced a U.S. release date of March 14, 2014, for Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie in the title role as Disney's ultimate villain. The live-action film explores the origins of the evil fairy Maleficent and what led her to curse Princess Aurora in Disney's animated classic Sleeping Beauty. Leading a team of visionary filmmakers known for creating and transporting audiences to new and exciting worlds, Academy Award-winning production designer Robert Stromberg (Avatar, Disney's Alice in Wonderland and Oz The Great and Powerful) will direct with a script by Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Alice in Wonderland). Maleficent is produced by Joe Roth (Disney's Alice in Wonderland and Oz The Great and Powerful)."
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