Angelina Jolie takes to the skies in a new trailer for Maleficent, in which she plays the titular role of the evil, beautiful sorceress and Sleeping Beauty nemesis.
The live-action film adaptation of the Disney 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty hits theaters in May 2014, and Jolie’s performance is one you won’t want to miss …
We see Maleficent soar through the sky, and swiftly lash her wings at people below as she makes her way to the ground. She is a force to be reckoned with.
Yet in the latest trailer, Maleficent explains why she doesn’t fly like the rest of the fairies anymore. “I had wings once. They were strong,” she says.
“They were stolen from me.”
By whom? The trailer hints at that, while showing us more of Sharlto Copley as well as the aforementioned Sleeping Beauty who will drift off on her 16th birthday.
A previous Maleficent trailer showed her terrorizing Elle Fanning as Princess Aurora, and featured a rendition of “Once Upon a Dream” by Lana Del Rey.
Angelina’s real-life daughter Vivienne Pitt, 5, is set to appear as young Aurora. Check out a photo of the two of them after the jump, as well as more trailers: