Los Angeles: Disney
reported that Angelina Jolie will return to the role in Maleficent 2, although the release date
has not been set. Screenwriter Linda Woolverton, who penned the
script the first Maleficent will
be back to write the sequel.
Maleficent
2 joins
a slate of forthcoming Disney live-action sequels and remakes that draw on the
studio’s animated back catalogue. Screenwriter Linda Woolverton, who worked on
the first film, will return for the follow-up.
Maleficent
grossed $758m at the global box office, but received middling reviews. Disney
released no further details about the Maleficent
sequel in its announcement on Monday. The original film, directed by Robert
Stromberg, fleshed out the tragic back-story of the character that was
introduced in the studio’s 1959 animated musical Sleeping Beauty.
Disney also confirmed
that it has cast Emma Stone to play the Disney villain Cruella de Vil in an
origins story about the hound-hating star of the 101 Dalmatians movies titled Cruella.
The studio is also producing new versions of Tinker Bell (with Reese Witherspoon), Dumbo (with Tim Burton directing) and Mary Poppins (with Emily Blunt). A sequel to current hit Jungle Book will also proceed with
original director Jon Favreau set to return.
The 2014 film, directed
by Robert Stromberg was loosely based on Charles Perrault’s original fairy tale
and inspired by Walt Disney’s 1959 animated film, Sleeping Beauty. It portrayed the story from the perspective of the
eponymous antagonist, depicting her conflicted relationship with the princess
and the king of a corrupt kingdom. It starred Elle Fanning in the role of
Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty and Angelina Jolie (Isobelle Molloy as the
younger version) as Maleficient.
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