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Maleficent is a live-action adaptation/retelling of 1959's animated film Sleeping Beauty, from the eponymous antagonist. [1] In 2003, [2] during Don Hahn's meeting with Disney's animation department, it was suggested to create an origin film about Maleficent from Disney's animated film Sleeping Beauty in the same vein as then just released Broadway musical Wicked. [3]
Maleficent says she did not curse him, though Aurora disbelieves her. Philip urges his mother to try and awaken the King with a kiss. Ingrith resists, and her weak attempt fails because she does not love John. As Maleficent flees the castle, Ingrith's servant, Gerda, shoots Maleficent with an iron bullet.
In North America, Maleficent is the eighth-highest-grossing 2014 film. [130] Maleficent opened outside North America on the same weekend as North America, earning $20.1 million from 35 territories in its first two days (May 28–29, 2014). [131] During its opening weekend, the film topped the box office with $106.1 million from 47 territories ...
It’s interesting and maybe a little bit confusing that “Maleficent” is now a movie franchise. “Sleeping Beauty,” the film that inspired the first “Maleficent,” never got any sort of ...
Maleficent 3 plot: How does Maleficent 2's ending set up a third movie? As a surprise to no one, Queen Ingrith is a full-on villain. She places a sleeping curse on her husband, King John, to turn ...
However, Maleficent starts to care for the child as if she were her daughter and begins to question her actions. In the end, it is her kiss of true love on the head that frees Aurora from the curse, concluding Maleficent's path of redemption. A sequel, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, was released in 2019.
Kristin Chenoweth played Maleficent in Disney Channel live-action film Descendants (2015), which follows the teenage children of Disney's iconic heroes and villains, [20] including Maleficent's daughter Mal. She is the main antagonist of the film, as well as the leader of the villains who have been imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost.
Maleficent later visits Snow White and says that she, too, is expecting a child, and that they need to work together to stop Regina and the Dark Curse from harming their children and the land. Snow declines Maleficent's offer due to the latter being a villain, and tells her that they will not turn to darkness to ensure the safety of the kingdom.