Angelina Jolie and Dakota Fanning (‘Super 8’) head up two new character posters from Disney’s upcoming new re-invention of ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Later this month sees the release of ‘Maleficent’ with Jolie in the title role with the talented young Elle Fanning on hand to play the role of Princess Aurora. Sharlto Copley (‘District 9’), Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple (‘The Dark Knight Rises’) and Lesley Manville also star in the Robert Stromberg helmed reimagining. Stromberg directs from a script penned by writer Linda Woolverton. Check out the two new posters below.
“”Maleficent” explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king’s newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realises that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever.”
‘Maleficent’ opens on 28 May here in the UK and from 30 May over in the states.
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