“How do you make a film about someone who curses a baby and make them relatable?,” Angelina Jolie recently asked EW when talking about Maleficent. “It’s like the worst thing you could possibly do! But I think the script that Linda [Woolverton (The Lion King)] wrote, has quite a deep understanding. The exercise wasn’t how can we have fun with a villain? It was: what turns people evil and vile and aggressive and cruel. What could have possibly happened to her that would get her to that moment in the christening? She wasn’t invited, so she’s pissed off?”
Disney has now dropped a new trailer, attached to Muppets Most Wanted this week, that aims to answer a few questions regarding the lead character’s motivation. Filled with a new look at various setpieces, it does a fine job at setting up the story for what will hopefully be more than just a production design spectacle. Check it out below, along with a new poster and banner, for the film also starring Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville.
Maleficent opens on May 30th.