Angelina Jolie is set to return to the screen for the first time since 2015 with Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. The sequel finds Jolie once again playing the villainous Sleeping Beauty character, reimagined as more of a tragic, complex figure than hinted at in the original animated movie. Elle Fanning is back as well, with Michelle Pfeiffer joining the franchise as a new character. The Mistress of Evil trailer below gives us our first look at Jolie’s return to acting.
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Maleficent 2 has a new title: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Sounds spooky! The Disney sequel also has a new release date: October 2019. And that’s not all! There’s also a new poster. It’s a Maleficent sequel blow-out! The follow-up to 2014’s re-telling of Sleeping Beauty once again features Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning, with Michelle Pfeiffer joining the cast as well. See the Maleficent 2 poster, and learn the new release date, below.
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In this edition of Sequel Bits:
- John Cho is still waiting on info about Star Trek 4
- Maleficent 2 wraps production
- There’s now a Sharknado VR game
- Hey, do you want to see a photo of the Wreck-It-Ralph 2 score being recorded?
- David Sobolov, who has contributed voice work to various Transformers games and cartoons, has a role in Bumblebee
- The Predator gets an IMAX poster
- There might be a To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before sequel
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In this edition of Sequel Bits:
- Judith Shekoni joins Maleficent 2
- Zoe Saldana is done filming her scenes for Avatar 2 and Avatar 3
- Samuel L. Jackson was very impressed by James McAvoy‘s Glass performance
- Jeff Goldblum says he would be down for another Fly movie, so someone should make that happen
- B.D. Wong doesn’t think Jurassic World‘s Dr. Wu is a villain
- Dwayne Johnson confirms work has begun on another Jumanji sequel
- Producers want Emily Blunt back for Sicario 3
- Pet Sematary has begun filming
- The King of Kong‘s Billy Mitchell tries to explain himself
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In this edition of sequel bits:
- A teaser poster (of sorts) for John Wick: Chapter 3
- Lethal Weapon 5 might still be happening after all
- Will Paddington 3 happen? It should, but no one knows yet
- Bond 25 won’t start production until the end of the year
- Another behind-the-scenes look at Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
- A new Equalizer 2 poster
- David Leitch offers an update on Atomic Blonde 2 and Hobbs and Shaw
- Jenn Murray joins Maleficent 2
- An explanation on Deadpool 2‘s title, in case you needed something like that
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Ed Skrein may be the next actor to face off against Angelina Jolie‘s fallen fairy in the Maleficent sequel. The Deadpool actor is in final talks to play the Maleficent 2 villain in the film helmed by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales director Joachim Ronning.
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Posted on Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 by Jacob Hall
What do Maleficent 2 and Justice League Dark have in common beyond an interest in the fantastical and supernatural? Well, they both just reminded us of their very existence because their respective studios have hired new writers to tackle their screenplays. Someday, these movies could exist. Maybe!
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Angelina Jolie will likely go for a second round of intense cheekbone enhancement as Maleficent 2 is in development at Disney. Details on the sequel project are thin, but Linda Woolverton, who scripted the first film, is in talks to write the first draft. Read More »
As the 2014 year has officially come to an end, I thought it would be nice to take a look at the highest grossing movies of 2014. How many of the top 10 grossing films had a superhero character? The answer is six. How many films in the top 30 grossing are not based on an existing property (adaptation, remake, reboot…etc) or a sequel? Only four! Hit the jump and you can find the top 50 grossing films of the year.
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The summer movie season is officially over and that means its time to wrap up our 2014 Summer Movie Wager. If you are unclear, every year a group of us attempt to predict which films will be the top ten of the summer season. You get points for being as accurate as possible.
Like most summers, 2014 was filled with surprises and familiarity. The biggest surprise? Guardians of the Galaxy. In just four weeks, it outgrossed every other film of the summer including massive hits like Transformers: Age of Extinction, X-Men: Days of the Future Past and more. What wasn’t a surprise? Almost everything else. Of the three contestants (myself, Peter Sciretta and Jeff Cannata) we all got at least 9 of the 10 films in the top ten right. The order was another story and is what finally declared a winner.
Below, check out the final point totals and watch our wrap-up video podcast. Read More »
