Maleficent films are Disney's most successful live-action reboots, collectively grossing $1.248 billion worldwide. Screenwriter Linda Woolverton confirmed for Maleficent 3, providing hope for progress ...

Maleficent triggered disastrous events after Sleeping Beauty, seeking revenge on Phillip and Aurora. Her survival made her more powerful, potentially immortal, and able to spread evil without a ...

This suggests she was wronged in the past, and not as unjustifiably evil as she seemed in 1959's Sleeping Beauty. And Maleficent's isn't the first villainous origin story we've seen of late.

The first Maleficent movie shed new light on old Disney villain in its retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Its sequel, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which opened on Thursday, continues ...