Walt Disney Pictures has made the announcement that the upcoming “Sleeping Beauty” movie “Maleficent” will arrive in theaters on March 14, 2014. The movie stars Angelina Jolie as the famous evil character from the “Sleeping Beauty” story.
It is currently rumored that Elle Fanning and Jude Law will also star in the movie, but nothing has been officially announced yet. We’ll keep you posted.
Today marks the 53rd anniversary of Disney’s animated classic “Sleeping Beauty.” The movie was released on January 29, 1959 and is based on the popular fairy tale by Charles Perrault.
Here is a description of the movie from IMDB:
“A snubbed malevolent fairy casts a curse on a princess that only a prince can break, with the help of three good fairies.”
Have you seen “Sleeping Beauty”? Today is the perfect day to watch it again, or for the first time!
P.S. Get ready for Disney’s “Maleficent” movie, told from the point of view of the “Sleeping Beauty” villain!
Production designer Robert Stromberg (“Avatar,” “Alice In Wonderland”) will be directing Walt Disney Pictures movie “Maleficent.” The movie is a live-action take on the evil character from Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty,” who will be played by Angelina Jolie.
The script for the movie was written by Linda Woolverton, who wrote the script for “Beauty And The Beast” and co-wrote the script for “The Lion King.” Don Hahn, Joe Roth and Richard D. Zanuck will produce the film.
Director Guillermo Del Toro who worked on “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark” and Disney’s upcoming film “The Haunted Mansion” is interested in working on Disney’s other project “Maleficent.” Here’s what Guillermo revealed to the LA Times:
Let me put it this way, if they ask I’ll take the meeting. I think Maleficent’s dragon is the only design with the wings separate from the front legs, the only time that design has ever worked. And let me tell you how much of a fan I am. I have a collection of over two or three dozen Maleficent figures, some of them four or five feet tall. I own about 10 pieces of conceptual art from ‘Sleeping Beauty’ that include the dragon and a lot more pieces that are just from ‘Sleeping Beauty.’ It’s one of my three favorite Disney films. I would love to. But I don’t want to put too many hopes on it. They’re probably on a fast track and I cannot take any more projects on a fast track.
Would you like to see Guillermo direct “Maleficent”?
Tim Burton recently dropped out of the directors chair for Disney’s “Maleficent” movie, based on the evil character from Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.” Now Disney is looking for another director, and David O Russell (“The Fighter”) might just take the position.
Reportedly there are some other directors up for the role, but David is at the top of the list.
Do you have a particular director in mind that you think would be a great fit for Walt Disney Pictures “Maleficent” movie? Share your ideas in the comments section, and we’ll be sure to let you know when a director for the movie is chosen.
