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Maleficent

And Fansplosions Abound

7 New Actors Join Disney’s Maleficent, One Is Rita Skeeter, Another Is Dolores Umbridge

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:04 am, May 8th, 2012

All we needed in a Maleficent film was for Angelina Jolie to play the evil queen. We got that, so everything else after is just candy. Well, the new casting announcements make it feel like Halloween! Six new cast members have been added to the Disney production, among them Imelda Staunton and Miranda Richardson. Yup, Dolores Umbridge and Rita Skeeter from Harry Potter! Can you guess who they’ll be playing? 

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Eating Breakfast While Riding Splash Mountain

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:01 pm, April 10th, 2012

I know a lot of Disney regulars who make it a point to act out a certain scenario when the photo point approaches but I can honestly say I’ve never seen this one done before. (via That’s Nerdalicious) Read on to see what else we found on the old interwebs today… 

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: C-3PO, Drawn in One Continuous Line

by Jamie Frevele | 4:57 pm, March 27th, 2012

We dare you to try what Sam Hallows did: draw the famous droid in one line. One line. You can take breaks. (via Global Geek News)

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Good News Everyone!

Maleficent Might Cast Elle Fanning As Aurora, Starts Shooting in June

by Jamie Frevele | 11:06 am, March 9th, 2012

Along with the announcement that Disney‘s live-action retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story will begin shooting in June, it was also mentioned that Maleficent might have found its innocent, comatose princess. Elle Fanning is in talks to star as Aurora, opposite the eponymous villain, who will be played by Angelina Jolie. So, it’s happening? Yes, it’s happening.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: A Rose That Will Never Die

by Jamie Frevele | 4:58 pm, February 13th, 2012

In case you’re going to be buying roses for someone tomorrow, but you find yourself in 12 different stores that are bereft of roses, Instructables has an excellent, simple solution for you: roses made out of duct tape. Also good for people who don’t want to receive roses because after a while, they smell and die. Chocolate, however, is edible and delicious! (via Neatorama)

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May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor

Disney Hires First-Time Directors for Maleficent and Matterhorn

by Jamie Frevele | 12:55 pm, January 8th, 2012

Disney is banking on two directors with zero full-length film experience to helm their upcoming films Maleficent, about the Sleeping Beauty villain, and a mountain-climbing adventure movie that is said to be inspired by Disneyland’s Matterhorn ride. Robert Stromberg will direct Maleficent (which might star Angelina Jolie), Brian Beletic will take the mountain-climbing movie, and both will be making their respective feature film directorial debuts. In other news: Disney is making a movie that might be inspired by the Matterhorn!

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Guillermo del Torro Still Not Doing Hellboy III, Might Somehow Do Maleficent

by Alanna Bennett | 12:26 pm, June 21st, 2011

Dear Hollywood, please just let Guillermo Del Toro do whatever he wants. Even if it seems like there aren’t enough hours in one person’s lifetime to do every film they set their mind to. It appears the lack of hours is why he’s not coming back to make a third movie for the Hellboy. Sadface.  There is some potentially awesome news on the horizon, though: del Toro is expressing interest in directing a film centered around Maleficent, Sleeping Beauty’s arch nemesis and arguably the most badass of the Disney villainesses (I mean, she was totally the Big Bad of Kingdom Hearts until the inevitable revelation of the true Big Bad).

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Oh Hollywood

Tim Burton is Off of Maleficent

by Susana Polo | 10:25 am, May 17th, 2011

Disney let it leak two years ago that one of the things they had stewing in their pot was a live-action movie featuring Maleficent, the villain (and fan favorite of everybody who found Sleeping Beauty‘s heroine a little flat) of one of Disney’s most historically important animated films. Since then, we haven’t had much but rumors about it, but what exciting rumors!

First Brad Bird was going to direct, then Angelina Jolie was going to star, then Tim Burton was being put in charge of the project. Well, while Jolie was still interested in July of last year, Burton is officially off Maleficent.

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