The Curse of Maleficent: The Tale of a Sleeping Beauty

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Bonomolo, Cameron (August 26, 2018). " 'Maleficent 2' Wraps Production". Comicbook.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2019 . Retrieved August 26, 2018. The best part of the book/movie was the part where Maleficent finds out there are more creatures like her out there. I absolutely devoured this book! It completely blew me away! Once I got into the story, set after the events of the first movie, of course – where Aurora is trying to maintain her Realm. There’s definitely troubles, though, as the Fae folk can’t help but notice some of their kind are going missing, not turning up without a trace or even a whisper of their whereabouts!

Justice, Benjamin (September 1, 2014). "Maleficent Reborn: Disney's Fairytale View of Gender Reaches Puberty". Social Education. 78 (4): 194–198 . Retrieved August 29, 2019. Eric Kohn (October 15, 2019). " 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' Review: Angelina Jolie Remains the Best Part of This Revisionist Fairy Tale". IndieWire. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019 . Retrieved June 27, 2022. From the very first line of the book, you fall into the wonderful world that Disney has created, you can see the characters clearly in your mind, as well as the settings. Honestly there wasn’t anything about this book that I didn’t like, nor made me think that it wasn’t based around Maleficent at all. She appears in the first Kingdom Hearts game (2002), as the leader of a grop of villains who seek to dominate the worlds thanks to the darkness using the Heartless. She has her base of operations in the Hollow Bastion castle, where she faces the protagonist, Sora, who manages to defeat her. [21] In April 2018, Ed Skrein was cast in the film to play a dark fae, with Elle Fanning returning to play Princess Aurora from the previous film. [20] Michelle Pfeiffer was also added as a character described as a queen, [21] later clarified to be an evil queen [22] named Queen Ingrith. [23]

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Long ago, two rival kingdoms sat side by side: the human kingdom, ruled by a power-hungry king, and the Moors, a peaceful place inhabited by many gentle supernatural creatures. One resident of the Moors is Maleficent (Isobelle Molloy), a young fairy girl with enormous wings, who acts as a guardian for the other magical beings. Perry, Spencer (June 10, 2018). "Disney Movie Release Dates: Poppins Moves Up, Jungle Cruise Delayed". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018 . Retrieved June 12, 2018. Disney+'s New Releases Coming in May". The Hollywood Reporter. 25 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-05-01 . Retrieved 2020-05-15. Costume Designers Guild Awards". lindsay Weinberg. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019 . Retrieved 16 January 2020. Maleficent, sporting her appearance from the 2015 live-action film, is a playable character in the Disney Infinity video games series, being introduced in Disney Infinity 2.0 (2014), and voiced by Rajia Baroudi. [22] As with the other playable characters in the game, a tie-in figure for Maleficent was also released.

There’s something deeply compelling about the stories of villains, and the villains of Disney films have always been iconic. Maleficent is perhaps one of the most striking villains, and her story, retold in the first film Maleficent, was a deeply compelling tale of what happens when love goes wrong and you’re betrayed by the ones you least expect. It was long rumored that Maleficent's likeness was inspired by actress Maila Nurmi, best known for her character Vampira, a camp icon of the 1950s. In 2014, entries were discovered in Nurmi's journals describing sessions for Walt Disney in November 1956. Walt Disney was subsequently able to find archival documents corroborating Nurmi's participation as a "live-action reference" model for the character. [13] Maleficent's likeness in the eponymous 2014 film was inspired by Lady Gaga's appearance in her " Born This Way" (2011) music video. [14] Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang calls the film (written by returning scribe Linda Woolverton and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood co-writers Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue) an "enjoyably deranged" continuation of the first movie thanks to Jolie's commitment to the character's grim quirks, though he ultimately notes the "flat dialogue, overblown battles, and cloying CGI critters" weigh down the film's merits. [53] IndieWire's Eric Kohn adds that Jolie's natural charm adds so much "delicious flamboyance to this striking villainess that she outshines the latest heavy-handed Disney refashioning" before quipping that "only the world's biggest movie star could upstage her own movie with each fearsome scowl." [54] Accolades [ edit ] AwardMaleficent begins to admit that her hatred for Stefan does not extend to Aurora. Emerging from the blind rage she felt when the princess was a baby, Maleficent now sees that Aurora is a good, innocent person undeserving of such a harsh fate. Feeling guilty, she puts a temporary sleeping spell on the girl and transports her into the Moors. When Aurora wakes, she is enchanted by the beautiful fairy kingdom and shows no fear when Maleficent makes her presence known. Aurora happily explains that she recognizes Maleficent from several incidents in her childhood and believes Maleficent is her fairy godmother. Without explaining the truth, Maleficent spends the evening getting to know the victim of her own curse. After returning Aurora to her cottage home to sleep, Maleficent attempts to retract the curse, but she had made it too powerful to be undone. Diaval reminds her that true love's kiss can still break the spell, but Maleficent admits she added it as a false hope because she believed it did not exist. Hubo dos cosas que me gustaron particularmente de este librito: una son las descripciones de los lugares y seres mágicos, y otra es que la escritora agregó algunas cositas de cosecha propia. La historia comienza antes de la película, vemos a un niño pastor con su padre (cada vez que hablaban lo leía en mi mente con acento escocés) y también conocemos a Maleficent de bebé, poco antes de la muerte de sus padres. a b "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Press Kit" (PDF). wdsmediafile.com. Walt Disney Studios. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2019 . Retrieved October 21, 2019. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' Goes Digital in December". Slanted. 2019-12-04. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09 . Retrieved 2020-05-15. Stone, Sam (September 10, 2019). "Maleficent: Watch Angelina Jolie Turn Into Mistress of Evil in BTS Video". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019 . Retrieved September 11, 2019.

I enjoyed reading this middle-grade novelisation. It prompted me to finally sit down and watch the first Maleficent film. It was nice to have the visuals to support the description in this book. The language and storyline are easy to follow and we have the added bonus of perspectives from different characters – Aurora, Maleficent, Phillip and others.

Abrams, Natalie (November 19, 2014). " Once Upon a Time casts Alias vet Merrin Dungey". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved November 19, 2014. Third Maleficent is already in works, says producers". Medium. Sarah Queens. Archived from the original on July 8, 2021 . Retrieved May 21, 2021.