Following on from yesterday’s newly revealed ‘Maleficent’ poster comes a first look at an official trailer for the Disney feature. The dark fairytale focuses on the life of the nefarious ‘Maleficient’ who featured in the 1959 animated feature ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Angelia Jolie (‘Salt’) playes the title role and features amongst a trio of new stills that have been released to accompany the trailer. Co-star Elle Fanning (‘Super 8’) also pops up as Princess Aurora in the stills one of which features what appears to be the young star high-fiving a sparkly fairy. Sharlto Copley (‘District 9’), Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple (‘The Dark Knight Rises’) and Lesley Manville also star. Check out the new trailer and stills below.
“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 released here in the UK on May 2014.
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