Maleficent 2

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Angelina Jolie returns as the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ villain next fall.

An updated Disney release calendar reveals ‘Indiana Jones 5’ has been delayed… yet again. Plus ‘Maleficent 2’ gets an official release date.

Angelina Jolie may be busy promoting her latest directorial effort, but she’ll soon be back with horns. The actress recently confirmed she’d return for Disney’s sequel to 2014’s Maleficent, and now the studio has found their director...

Disney is really doubling down on its growing live-action reboot / remake empire, claiming five more release dates for its upcoming projects and officially confirming several previously reported films, including The Jungle Book 2, Maleficent 2, Tim Burton’s Dumbo and more. The studio now has a total of seven release dates set for various live-action projects, and though they have yet to formally attach specific titles to these dates, reports suggest that at least one of the new dates belongs to The Jungle Book sequel.

Maleficent wasn’t Disney’s first live-action reimagining in recent years, but thanks to its huge box office success, the film spawned a new directive at the studio, which has a whole roster of live-action updates on its classic properties in the works. And now the film that’s mostly responsible for Disney’s latest trend is getting its very own sequel.

Few movie villains carry the cultural cache of Maleficent, so it's hugely disappointing that the new film that bears her name as a title goes out of its way to strip away everything that anyone has ever loved (and loved to hate) about her...