As characters like Walter White and the Underwoods dominate television, it’s no surprise that Disney has its first movie centered around an anti-hero, “Maleficent.” Angelina Jolie plays the titular ...

This ain’t your grandma’s Sleeping Beauty. “Maleficent,” Disney’s very CG’d but still live-action remake of its 1959 animated classic, offers a more complex take on the fairy tale staple. It’s darker ...

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“You know sometimes I don’t think she’s very happy,” one of the “good fairies” says of the villain Maleficent in Disney’s 1959 film “Sleeping Beauty.” In that animated feature, it’s never really ...

Earlier this spring, before this weekend’s release of Disney’s big-budget, live-action movie “Maleficent,” some observers were worried the film might be too scary for young viewers. Had many people ...

Disney has a brand new hoodie inspired by the Mistress of All Evil, and they really went all out with the horns this time. The first Maleficent cosplay hoodie from Hot Topic had smaller horns and a ...

Last year brought a brief teaser for Disney's upcoming live-action tale focusing on their trademark villainess Maleficent, from the animated classic Sleeping Beauty. The teaser serves mostly to ...

Robert Stromberg will direct the retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" from the perspective of the evil queen, while Brian Beletic will helm an untitled adventure movie about explorers in the Alps. By Borys ...

William Fischer is an author at Collider. Born and raised in Nebraska, he latched onto moviemaking at a young age and has been chasing it ever since. William holds a BFA in film from the University of ...

Disney is hoping to recapture the box office magic of “Maleficent” with a sequel. The studio has tapped Linda Woolverton to write the script for a second film about the witch that plagued Sleeping ...

Maleficent is back, and she is hot. Disney World has restored the “Sleeping Beauty” character — appearing in the form of a sprawling, fire-breathing dragon — to its “Festival of Fantasy” parade at ...