First Photo: Angelina Jolie As Maleficent
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- Last Updated: Tuesday, 12 November 2013 07:19
- Written by Lupe Haas
In the first image of Angelina Jolie as Malificent, a side view offers a glimpse of the leather-looking horns and neon eyes with her signature red lipstick. MALIFICENT began production June 13 with Jolie in the title role of the Sleeping Beauty villain. This is the untold story of Disney’s most beloved villain, Maleficent, from the 1959 classic Disney film which reveals the events that hardened her heart and drove her to curse the baby Aurora.
The live-action film also features Sharlto Copley (District 9, A-Team), Elle Fanning (Super 8), Sam Riley (On the Road), Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), Miranda Richardson (The Hours), Juno Temple (Atonement) and Lesley Manville (Secrets & Lies). Directed by two-time Oscar®-winning production designer Robert Stromberg (Avatar, Alice in Wonderland), in his directorial debut, and produced by Joe Roth, Maleficent is written by Linda Woolverton (The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast) and executive produced by Angelina Jolie, Don Hahn, Matt Smith and Palak Patel. Behind-the-scenes talent includes Academy Award®-winning cinematographer Dean Semler (Dances with Wolves, In the Land of Blood and Honey), production designer Gary Freeman (Saving Private Ryan, The Bourne Supremacy), two-time Oscar®-nominated costume designer Anna B. Sheppard (Schindler’s List, The Pianist) and seven-time Academy Award-winning makeup artist Rick Baker (Planet of the Apes, Men in Black).
Maleficent is scheduled for a March 14, 2014 release in 3D.
