Maleficent II Begins Production – Check The Cast

Posted by at 12:52 pm on May 29, 2018

Walt Disney Pictures has announced that production has officially begun on Maleficent II, a sequel to the 2014 global box office hit Maleficent, at Pinewood Studios and on locations throughout the U.K.. Oscar and three-time Golden Globe winner Angelina Jolie (Girl, InterruptedWanted) and Elle Fanning (The BeguiledSuper 8) reprise their roles as the dark fairy Maleficent and Princess Aurora, respectively, two characters from the studio’s animated classic Sleeping Beauty, whose untold story was brought to life on screen in Maleficent.

Michelle Pfeiffer (Murder on the Orient ExpressAnt-Man and the Wasp), the Golden Globe Award winning, Emmy nominated and three-time Academy Award nominated actress, joins the cast as Queen Ingrith. Also joining the production are Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (Doctor Strange12 Years a Slave), Ed Skrein (DeadpoolGame of Thrones) and Robert Lindsay (My FamilyWimbledon). Harris Dickinson (The Darkest MindsTrust) joins Maleficent II as Prince Phillip.

The film is directed by Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No TalesKon-Tiki) and written by Linda Woolverton (Alice in WonderlandBeauty and the Beast) and Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster (Transparent). The producers are Joe Roth (Alice through the Looking GlassOz the Great and PowerfulMaleficent) and Angelina Jolie.

Additional cast members returning from the 2014 film include: Sam Riley (Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesControl) as Diaval; Oscar nominee Imelda Staunton (Pride, the Harry Potter films) as the pixie Knotgrass; Juno Temple (Wonder WheelAtonement) as the pixie Thistlewit; and Academy Award nominee Lesley Manville (Phantom ThreadTopsy-Turvy) as the pixie Flittle.

A fantasy adventure that picks up several years after Maleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora, Maleficent II continues to explore the complex relationship between the horned fairy and the soon to be Queen, as they form new alliances and face new adversaries in their struggle to protect the moors and the magical creatures that reside within.

The first Maleficent opened on May 30, 2014 and grossed more than $750 million at the global box office.

 

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