Watch the new Maleficent trailer-long TV spot that features the Disney villain arriving once upon a dream.
It might have been only last week when Disney released a new trailer of Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, but that appears now to be the mere chant before the dark forces were summoned with last night’s MaleficentTV Spot/trailer (which aired during the 2014 Grammy Awards). Cast to an insidiously stripped down Lana Del Rey cover of Tchaikovsky’s “Sleeping Beauty Waltz,” oft called “Once Upon a Dream,” this spot may be the stuff nightmares are made of for the little ones.
Maleficent refocuses the narrative of the 1959 Walt Disney Animation Studios classic, Sleeping Beauty, as the journey of their greatest villain, who is in fact an even greater anti-hero. Once her homeland is ravaged by an invading kingdom, Maleficent (Jolie) grows up with revenge in her heart, and she will have it when she damns the king’s infant daughter to an eternal slumber when she reaches adulthood. Yet, as little Aurora (Elle Fanning) grows, Maleficent sees something of herself in the child, but vengeance must be tasted.
The new trailer above also features our first look at Sharlto Copley in the role of Aurora’s father, the hapless king who got on the wrong side of an awfully sensitive sorceress.
And if you like the looks of this film (or not), here is our list of 6 more Disney Villains who could use their own movie.