Dynamite announced a thrilling new title starring one of the crown jewels of the Disney Villains pantheon. The Mistress of Evil, the one and only Maleficent, invades the comic book page via multi-talented creator Soo Lee this coming May. Maleficent first appeared in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ iconic 1959 film Sleeping Beauty. Maleficent …
Read More »‘Maleficent’ Conquers The Box Office
Thanks in large part to girls and women, Maleficent debuted to a powerful $70 million from 3,948 theaters at the North American box office in a major win for star Angelina Jolie and Disney. Overseas, the live-action fairy tale took in an impressive $100.6 million for a worldwide total of $170.6 million. The top …
Read More »Disney Celebrates its Most Iconic Villain with New Collection of Products Inspired by Disney’s “Maleficent”
Disney Consumer Products (DCP) has unveiled a wickedly captivating collection of products based on the highly-anticipated Walt Disney Studios live action film “Maleficent,” in theatres May 30. DCP collaborated with some of today’s hottest brands including MAC Cosmetics, Stella McCartney, Crow’s Nest, HSN, JAKKS Pacific and more to assemble a …
Read More »Disney Unveils Villains Line
Disney revealed its Disney Villains Designer Collection, set to arrive exclusively in The Disney Store and at DisneyStore.com in early fall. Centered around a series of six limited edition Villains Designer dolls, limited to an edition of 13,000 each, the collection also includes apparel, beauty products, home items and stationery. …
Read More »Maleficent Nabs Alice’s Screenwriter
Hot on the heels of the success of Alice In Wonderland, Disney has hired Alice scribe Linda Woolverton to pen the live action screenplay of Sleeping Beauty from the wicked queen Maleficent’s point of view. Maleficent will probably be in the same spirit of the book and Broadway musical “Wicked”, …
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