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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]
Actress Elle Fanning portrayed a live-action version of Aurora in the film Maleficent (2014), a retelling of the 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the title character. Fanning returned to portray Aurora in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), which is set five years later. The Sleeping Beauty Castle is an attraction at ...
The 2014 live-action version of Maleficent is a playable character in the Disney Infinity video game series, beginning with Disney Infinity 2.0 (2015). [9] As with the other playable characters in the game, a tie-in figure for Maleficent was also released.
Maleficent was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray, DVD, Blu-ray 3D, and digital download on November 4, 2014. [153] The film topped the home-video sales chart in its first week of release. [154] As of February 2015, Maleficent has made over $74 million in total home-video sales. [155]
Maleficent transforms into a dragon at the film's climax. On the evening of Aurora's sixteenth birthday, after the three fairies have momentarily left the depressed princess alone in a castle room, Maleficent visits Aurora in the form of a will-o-the-wisp, luring the princess to a tower room where Maleficent transforms into a spinning wheel ...
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Digital HD on December 31, 2019, followed by a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release on January 14, 2020. [43] Maleficent: Mistress of Evil was released on Disney+ on May 15, 2020.
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The film had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 8, 2016, [34] and began a limited release on December 28, 2016. [35] She then co-starred in Ben Affleck 's Prohibition -era drama Live by Night , [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] which was released on December 25, 2016.