Maleficent/Jolie!

Oh yea! My favorite Disney-villainess/witch, Maleficent! Finally, in a live action movie. And just whom will be headlining as the most powerful and sinister of all Disney villains? Why none other than the plump-lipped, sad-eyed, brunette who's groin-grabbingly, transcending, Angelina Jolie. That's kinda hot, right?

So we have the leggy, South African-Beauty, Charlize Theron portraying the evil-witch in the Snow White film, Snow White & the Huntsman; also, Julia Roberts jumping on the Snow White-bandwagon and playing the witch in a more humorous version in Mirror, Mirror, and now we have Angelina donning the Maleficent robe, nice. I'm looking forward to this March 2014 (yea, 2014) live-action movie based on the classic Disney cartoon/film, Sleeping Beauty. Here's a quick blurb on the feature-film:

On May 12, 2009, it was revealed that Brad Bird was developing a live-action motion picture based on Sleeping Beauty, retold from the point of view of Maleficent with Angelina Jolie starring as Maleficent. In January 2010, it was rumored that Tim Burton was to direct the film. Reports surfaced online in May 2011 stating that Burton had left the project to focus on his other upcoming projects; Disney began to look for a replacement director, with David Yates being cited as a potential candidate due to his experience with the fantasy genre, having directed the final four Harry Potter films. Linda Woolverton, who previously collaborated with Tim Burton on Alice in Wonderland, is writing the script for the movie. Angelina Jolie has confirmed that she will play the role. Don Hahn, a producer of the movie, confirmed that Disney is developing a film about Maleficent and that it is in active development. On January 6, 2012, Disney announced that Robert Stromberg, the Academy-Award winning production designer for Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, will direct the film.

With Jolie set to play the titular role, Sharlto Copley (District 9) was recently named as the male lead for Stromberg's live action retelling of the Sleeping Beauty tale. Heat Vision also reports that Imelda Staunton and Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter) have been cast for the film, along with Kenneth Cranham (Hot Fuzz), Sam Riley (On the Road), and Lesley Manville (Another Year).

According to the Hollywood Reporter's blog article, Staunton and Manville will be playing the characters of Knotgrass and Flittle, respectively, "two of the three pixies that end up taking care of Aurora." Meanwhile Super 8 starlet Elle Fanning has long been rumored as the choice to play the aforementioned Princess, and Heat Vision's report confirms her name as officially being onboard the project. In the role of Queen Ulla, Richardson will be acting as "a Fairy Queen who is Maleficent’s aunt with a dislike of her niece." Meanwhile Cranham will play the human king who plots to conquer the fairy kingdom, and Riley will portray Diaval, "a raven who changes into human form and is Maleficent’s right hand." The source also mentions Copley’s gig in the lead of Stefan, describing his role as "the half-human, half-fairy bastard son of the human king."

The movie's official release date is set for March 14, 2014, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, and I for one can't hardly wait...by the damn-way, THAT was a good movie also, not a horror (so I won't be covering it in this blog), but good nontheless.