Maleficent is a 2014 American fantasy film starring Angelina Jolie as the title character in a live-action retelling of her villainous role in Walt Disney 's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty, itself an adaptation of Charles Perrault 's 1697 fairy tale. The film is directed by Robert Stromberg from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton.

May 30, 2014 · Maleficent: Directed by Robert Stromberg. With Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville. A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child could be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land.

May 30, 2014 · Explore the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain in this wickedly fun twist on the classic Sleeping Beauty. In an unforgiving mood after a neighboring kingdom threatens her forest, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) places an irrevocable curse on the king’s newborn daughter, the Princess Aurora.

Maleficent is a Disney media franchise that began in 2014 with the theatrical release of Maleficent.

May 29, 2014 · The assault transforms Maleficent from an unabashed heroine into an anti-heroine—a straight-up bad guy, as far as the story’s terrified humans are concerned—and warps Disney’s vanilla 1959 film into a conflicted revenge story with an unmistakable feminist undertone.

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Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal--an act that turns her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor; as a result she places a curse upon his newborn daughter Aurora.

Angelina Jolie stars in the untold story of Disney's iconic villain.

May 30, 2014 · Maleficent explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic Sleeping Beauty and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone.