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Maleficent 2
Angelia Jolie will return to play the wicked sorceress first seen in Disney’s 1959 animation, Sleeping Beauty, and will center on Maleficent's daughter, Malevolent. It follows the financial success of Maleficent, which took more than $758m at the box office in 2014. Also returning is screenwriter Linda Woolverton, who penned the 2014 origin story and is also known for her work on The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. The latest is that Joachim Rønning, who helmed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales for Disney, is being lined up to direct.
Angelia Jolie will return to play the wicked sorceress first seen in Disney’s 1959 animation, Sleeping Beauty, and will center on Maleficent's daughter, Malevolent. It follows the financial success of Maleficent, which took more than $758m at the box office in 2014. Also returning is screenwriter Linda Woolverton, who penned the 2014 origin story and is also known for her work on The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. The latest is that Joachim Rønning, who helmed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales for Disney, is being lined up to direct.
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TitlesSleeping Beauty
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