

Meanwhile, in the forest, Aurora meets a young Prince Phillip, and both are mildly attracted to each other.

Maleficent realizes she hasn't the heart to hurt Aurora, and in secret attempts to revoke the curse, forgetting she had stated "no power on earth" could revoke it. Aware she has been watched over, Aurora names Maleficent " fairy godmother". When Aurora is 15, she encounters Maleficent face to face. She and Diaval gradually begin to take over Aurora's care from the bumbling and neglectful pixies, while secretly playing pranks on them. Maleficent finds the pixies and Aurora's residence, and watches Aurora grow from afar. Over the years, Stefan slips into madness and paranoia, becoming completely obsessed with killing Maleficent, even refusing to see his own wife on her deathbed. Stefan sends his armies to find and kill Maleficent, but she surrounds the Moors with an impenetrable wall of thorns, protecting it. Stefan orders three good pixie-fairies to hide and protect Aurora until the day after her 16th birthday, and destroys every spinning wheel in the kingdom, hiding their remnants in the castle dungeon. Maleficent mocks Stefan's plea for mercy, but offers an antidote the curse can be broken by true love's kiss, something she and Stefan both believe does not exist. Still vengeful and bitter, Maleficent dresses in black robes, arrives uninvited, and curses the infant princess on her 16th birthday, she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into an eternal sleep. Infuriated when she learns why her wings were taken, Maleficent, and the Moors she controls, become dark and sinister.Īfter some time, Diaval informs Maleficent that King Stefan's newborn daughter, Aurora, is being christened. He promises to serve her, and brings her news of the humans. While still processing the betrayal, Maleficent turns Diaval, a trapped raven, into a human, frightening away his captors. Instead, he amputates her wings, presents them to Henry as 'proof' of Maleficent's death, and is named the new King. Stefan calls on Maleficent in the Moors he drugs her, but cannot bring himself to kill her. As he lies dying, he declares that whoever kills Maleficent will be named his successor and marry his daughter. When King Henry tries to conquer the Moors, Maleficent mortally wounds him, forcing his retreat. However, as they grow older, the two grow apart Stefan's love is overshadowed by his ambition to be king, and Maleficent becomes protector of the Moors. On Maleficent's 16th birthday, he gives her what he calls a true love's kiss. As a young girl, Maleficent meets and falls in love with a human peasant boy named Stefan.

Maleficent is a powerful fairy living in the Moors, a magical forest realm bordering a human kingdom. A sequel, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, was released in 2019. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design at the 87th Academy Awards. Maleficent was a commercial success, grossing over $758 million worldwide, and became the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2014, as well as Jolie's highest-grossing film. The film received mixed reviews from critics, earning praise for Jolie's performance, the costumes, visual effects and musical score, while criticism was aimed at the script and some inconsistencies in tone. The film was released in the United States on in the Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D formats, as well as in conventional theaters. Maleficent premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on May 28, 2014, and was released in the United Kingdom that same day. A special screening for the film took place at Kensington Palace in London on May 9, 2014. Principal photography took place between June and October 2012. Walt Disney Pictures announced the film's development in 2010, with Joe Roth as producer and Jolie, Don Hahn, and Michael Vieira as executive producers. Loosely inspired by Charles Perrault's original fairy tale, the film is a live action retelling of Walt Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty, and portrays the story from the perspective of the eponymous antagonist, depicting her conflicted relationship with the king and princess of a corrupt kingdom. The film stars Angelina Jolie as the title character, with Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple and Lesley Manville in supporting roles. Maleficent is a 2014 American fantasy film directed by Robert Stromberg from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton.
