Tag: Maleficent
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‘Darkest Minds’ Actor Harris Dickinson Joins ‘Maleficent’ Sequel
Harris Dickinson, who will be seen in the upcoming YA adaptation The Darkest Minds, is joining Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent sequel.Dickinson joins fellow franchise newcomers Michelle Pfeiffer and Ed Skrein. Elle Fanning is set to return for the follow-up to the 2014 Disney hit that grossed $758 million at the global box office.Plot details are being…
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Michelle Pfeiffer is Set to Join ‘Maleficent 2’ Cast as the Queen
The queen of our hearts, Michelle Pfeiffer, is set to play an actual queen in the sequel to Maleficent. Pfeiffer is in talks to join the Maleficent 2 cast, starring opposite Angelina Jolie who plays the reformed Disney villain. Variety reports that Michelle Pfeiffer is in advanced talks to play the queen in Maleficent 2.…
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Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ and ‘Maleficent 2’ Have Found Their Villains
We’ve got a couple of related casting stories for you this afternoon. First up, Maleficent 2 is still happening! Variety reports that Ed Skrein (Deadpool) has landed the villain role in the upcoming sequel. There are no plot details or even details on the role itself. In the first Maleficent, Sharlto Copley played the bad…
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Ed Skrein To Play A Villain In Disney’s ‘Maleficent’ Sequel
Ed Skrein has joined Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning in the second installment of Disney’s Maleficent franchise, which Joachim Ronning is directing. Skrein will play a villain in the film that’s based on the nemesis first introduced in the studio’s 1959 fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Jez Butterworth and Linda Woolverton wrote the screenplay which Joe…
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Ed Skrein Lands Villain Role in ‘Maleficent’ Sequel (Exclusive)
“Deadpool” actor Ed Skrein is in final negotiations to join Disney’s “Maleficent” sequel.Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning are returning to starring in the fantasy film, with “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” helmer Joachim Ronning to direct.Exact details behind Skrein’s villain role are currently under wraps.Joe Roth is producing the film, with…
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‘Mulan’ Live-Action Disney Reboot Casts ‘Rogue One’ Star Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen is set to star opposite Liu Yifei in Disney’s live-action adaptation of “Mulan.”Niki Caro is directing, and Chris Bender, Jason Reed, and Jake Weiner are producing the movie. The film’s release was recently pushed back by more than a year to March 27, 2020.The English-language version of the original “Mulan” (1998) featured the…