MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon), Michelle Pfeiffer (Stardust), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave), Sam Riley (On The Road), Ed Skrein (Deadpool), Imelda Staunton (Downton Abbey), Juno Temple (Killer Joe), Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread), Harris Dickinson (The Darkest Minds), Robert Lindsay (Grace of Monaco), Warwick Davis (Willow), Jenn Murray (Brooklyn), David Gyasi (Interstellar), Judi Shekoni (For Christ’s Sake), John Carew (Dead of Winter), Freddie Wise (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Joachim Rønning (Kon-Tiki), director; Micah Fitzerman-Blue (The Motel Life), Noah Harpster (The Motel Life) and Linda Woolverton (Alice in Wonderland), writers; Duncan Henderson (Oblivion), Angelina Jolie (Unbroken) and Joe Roth (Snow White and the Huntsman), producers; Geoff Zanelli (Christopher Robin), composer; Henry Braham (Nanny McPhee), cinematographer; Laura Jennings (Edge of Tomorrow) and Craig Wood (The Lone Ranger), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

As Princess Aurora (Fanning) prepares to wed Prince Phillip (Dickinson), her godmother Maleficent (Jolie) finds herself unable to approve the union, driving them apart and igniting a new war against an unseen enemy…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Angelina Jolie returns as Disney’s most beloved fairy tale villain-turned-anti-hero in a new tale that further explores the complex core of her character.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2019

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