First Poster for Disney’s MALEFICENT Starring Angelina Jolie

Today Disney released the first poster for its upcoming live action fairy tale, Maleficient, with the promise of the first trailer to drop tomorrow.  The film stars Angelina Jolie as the titular witch in this new perspective on the Sleeping Beauty storyline.  The film is directed by Robert Stromberg who will be making his directorial debut.  Stromberg is an Academy Award winning visual effects artist however, so at least it’s probably going to be pretty to look at.

The film also stars Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Brenton Thwaites, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville.  Stay tuned for the trailer once it’s released and hit the jump to check out the poster and synopsis.  Maleficent hits theaters May 30, 2014.

 

From Disney comes “Maleficent”—the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.” A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal—an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom—and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.