Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Movie Storyline. Five years after the first film, Maleficent’s peaceful life in the Moors takes an unexpected turn when Prince Phillip proposes to Aurora and she accepts. Unbeknownst to all, Phillip’s mother, Queen Ingrith of Ulstead, plans to use the wedding to divide humans and fairies forever. With Maleficent and Aurora finding themselves on opposite sides of an impending war, the two question whether they can truly be a family.
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is an upcoming American dark fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Joachim Rønning, and written by Linda Woolverton, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, and Noah Harpster from a story by Woolverton. It is a sequel to the 2014 film Maleficent, with Angelina Jolie returning to portray the title role. Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville also return to their previous roles, with Harris Dickinson replacing Brenton Thwaites from the first film and Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ed Skrein, and Michelle Pfeiffer joining the cast as new characters.
After the release of the first film in May 2014, Jolie stated a sequel was possible. The project was officially announced the following June and Jolie signed on in April 2016. Rønning, who co-directed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) for Disney, was hired to direct the film in October 2017.
The rest of the cast was added or confirmed in May 2018, with filming beginning that month at Pinewood Studios in England, lasting through August. A teaser trailer was released on May 13, 2019, and the first official trailer was released on July 8, 2019. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is scheduled to be released on October 18, 2019.
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Directed by: Joachim Rønning
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Imelda Staunton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Riley, Ed Skrein, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lesley Manville, Kae Alexander
Screenplay by: Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster
Production Design by: Patrick Tatopoulos
Cinematography by: Henry Braham
Film Editing by: Laura Jennings, Craig Wood
Costume Design by: Ellen Mirojnick
Set Decoration by: Dominic Capon
Music by: Geoff Zanelli
MPAA Rating: PG for intense sequences of fantasy action / violence and brief scary images.
Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date: October 18, 2019
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