Michelle Pfeiffer is the latest name attached to Disney's Maleficent 2, as the veteran actress is in talks to play the Queen in the sequel to the 2014 hit.
The sequel was announced in 2015, but filming is finally set to begin this spring. Deadpool star Ed Skrein has already signed on as the film's villain, with Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie reprising their roles as Aurora and Maleficent, respectively. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales director Joachim Ronning is set to direct.
The first Maleficent film was a smash hit at the box office, earning $241.4 million domestically and $758.5 million worldwide. This dark imagining of Sleeping Beauty kickstarted Disney's initiative to reboot some of their most popular animated films, with Cinderella, The Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast being remade in the following years. Dumbo and Aladdin are set to be released next.
While Pfeiffer is up for the role of the Queen, not much else is known about the character at the time. Pfeiffer can be seen next in Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp, out this July.
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