The 2014 live-action movie Maleficent is a fresh take on the classic fairy tale movie Sleeping Beauty and tells the well-known story from the perspective of the original story’s villain, Maleficent.

MALEFICENT gives audiences a glimpse behind one of the most beloved fairy tales of all time, SLEEPING BEAUTY, as shown through the eyes of its villain. Is it enough to enchant its viewers? MALEFICENT ...

Angelina Jolie has signed on to star in a third Maleficent movie. According to the Wall Street Journal, Jolie is officially signed on to star in a third live-action Maleficent movie. No other details ...

NEW YORK — The biggest box-office debut of Angelina Jolie’s career propelled Disney’s twisted fairy tale “Maleficent” to a scary-good $70 million opening. The PG-rated fantasy beat forecasts to easily ...

“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” a sequel to the surprise 2014 Disney hit “Maleficent,” is like its predecessor, pure camp. I’m not sure if the kids flocking to see it know or care. A dark, semi-comic ...

If the towering sorceress with the Satanic horns had started life as a benevolent sprite, why did her parents name her Maleficent, a word that means doing harm? That question won’t be answered in ...

Maleficent is the new black. I make that statement referring to the Mistress of All Evil character Disney originated in the 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty, now getting her own feature length, live ...

“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 ...

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 ...