This time around, the studio put the focus on the 1959 classic's main villain, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie, in one of her best movie roles), in a self-titled prequel film. The Robert Stromberg ...

Horns up! Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning face a new foe in first Maleficent: Mistress of Evil footage By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to ...

The first Maleficent movie shed new light on old Disney villain in its retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Its sequel, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which opened on Thursday, continues ...

And Maleficent does indeed retell that sequence ... Tonally, the story never knows whether it wants to be a kids' movie, a comedy, an action-driven fantasy, or a remake rooted more in the ...

It's been 55 years since her big-screen debut in Disney's Sleeping Beauty, but we all remember Maleficent: red lips, twisted horns, and green flames. She's the self-proclaimed Mistress of All Evil ...

Five peaceful years have passed since the demise of the duplicitous monarch King Stefan in Maleficent (2014), and now, an unforeseen but joyous event is about to unite the mortal kingdom of ...

And the first movie faced a steady stream of other big ... Here’s the tricky part: in 2014, Maleficent’s $175.5 million first weekend didn’t include China and Japan, which later saw ...

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So, why do we now like our villains so complicated? "I had wings once … but they were stolen from me," says Maleficent in the trailer for the upcoming Disney release of the same name.

Producer Joe Roth put it best: “There was no point in making the movie if it wasn’t her.” And really, who else could bring Maleficent to life with such formidable elegance and menace?

A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until the day an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises ...