ANGELINA JOLIE STARRER SET FOR MARCH 14, 2014
RELEASE
Burbank,
CA (June 19, 2012)
– The Walt Disney Studios announced today that production
began Wednesday, June 13th, on "Maleficent," starring Academy Award®-winning
actress Angelina Jolie.
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.
Co-starring in the film are Sharlto Copley
("District 9"), 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").
This
is the untold story of Disney's most beloved villain,
Maleficent, from the 1959 classic "Sleeping Beauty." The film
reveals the events that hardened her heart and drove her to
curse the baby, Aurora.
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.