Maleficent returns in October, 2019 as Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, a sequel to the 2014 film starring Angelina Jolie in the title role.
Maleficent provided a backstory to the notorious Sleeping Beauty villain who cursed a princess with a magical coma.
There is no Maleficent named in the classic fairy tale of The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood by Charles Perrault. She is only referred to as an old fairy who was overlooked when seven good fairies were invited to be godmothers to an infant princess during the christening of the king and queen's long-wished-for child. When she learns of the slight, the old fairy enchants the infant princess with the curse.
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil explores the complex relationship between the horned fairy introduced in the prior film and Maleficent as they form alliances.
