Maleficent is among the last creatures known as the Dark Fey, powerful fairies forced into hiding and nearly driven extinct by human oppression. Among them is Conall, their peaceful leader who saved Maleficent, and Borra, a warlike fairy who favors open conflict with humans, and who killed the poachers near the Moors. She awakens in a cavern where fairies like herself have been in hiding. Wounded, Maleficent falls into the ocean, only to be rescued by a mysterious winged creature. Ingrith demurs, and her weak attempt fails because she does not love her husband – especially for their differing views on peace and war.Īs Maleficent flees the castle, Ingrith's right-hand woman, Gerda, shoots Maleficent with an iron bullet. Phillip urges his mother to try and awaken John with a kiss. Maleficent is prompted to flee without Aurora by the arrival of armed guards. John suddenly faints, and Ingrith accuses Maleficent of cursing him, which Maleficent denies to a disbelieving Aurora. Ingrith provokes Maleficent by dismissing her maternal bond with Aurora and claims that the marriage will make Ingrith her real mother, to which Maleficent reacts by angrily unleashing a burst of magical energy. Maleficent responds with equal iciness that humans have been kidnapping fairies, and hints that she believes the order to do it comes from the King or Queen. Ingrith alludes to Stefan's death as murder, and openly claims Maleficent killed two human fairy poachers last seen near the Moors. Maleficent struggles to maintain her composure as Ingrith taunts her throughout the evening by repeating the inaccurate story that has made the humans believe her to be evil: the story of Maleficent's sleeping curse on Aurora is only half the truth, because no one has ever been told the whole truth about her loving Aurora and sacrificing herself to lift the curse. Philip's parents host an intimate dinner, having invited Aurora, Maleficent, and Diaval. While she advises against the union, Aurora vows to prove her wrong. Diaval, Maleficent's raven and confidante, overhears Philip proposing to Aurora, and tells Maleficent. Despite her service, the neighboring kingdom of Ulstead, home to Prince Phillip, deems Maleficent a villainess for her role in Aurora's story, and while Philip's father, King John, wishes for peace, his mother, Queen Ingrith, has been secretly preparing for war in the hidden areas of the castle, workers make weapons and ammunition out of iron, deadly to all fairies. A third film is currently in development.įive years after King Stefan's death, Aurora has reigned as Queen of the Moors, with Maleficent as its guardian and protector. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 92nd Academy Awards. The film grossed $491 million worldwide, although it needed to make around $500 million in order to make a profit when factoring in total budget, marketing and distribution costs, It received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism aimed at the 'muddled plot and overly artificial visuals', but praise for the performances of Jolie, Fanning, and Pfeiffer. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil was released in the United States on October 18, 2019. Rønning, who co-directed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) for Disney, was hired to direct the film in October 2017, and the rest of the cast was added or confirmed in May 2018, with filming beginning that month at Pinewood Studios in England, lasting through August. The project was officially announced the following June, and Jolie signed on in April 2016. Set five years after Maleficent, the film sees the eponymous character face the neighboring kingdom's manipulated perception of herself as a villain, in addition to a subplot of the rise of an endangered, powerful fairy race known as the Dark Fey.Īfter the release of the first film in May 2014, Jolie stated a sequel was possible. Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville also return to their previous roles, with Harris Dickinson replacing Brenton Thwaites from the first film and Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ed Skrein, and Michelle Pfeiffer joining the cast as new characters. It is a sequel to the 2014 film Maleficent, with Angelina Jolie returning to portray the title role. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is a 2019 American fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Joachim Rønning, and written by Linda Woolverton, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, and Noah Harpster.

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