Rather than simply remaking "Sleeping Beauty" -- one of many animated Disney movies that surprisingly bombed way back when -- in modern, live-action form, Disney took a different approach in 2014.

It's been 55 years since her big-screen debut in Disney's Sleeping Beauty, but we all remember Maleficent: red lips, twisted horns, and green flames. She's the self-proclaimed Mistress of All Evil ...

The first Maleficent movie shed new light on old Disney villain in its retelling ... “Those were the images in my head,” he says. “That’s what I was trying to create.” ...