Maleficent
Two Disney - backed labor that were on the lookout for a managing director throughout 2011 have now found people to sit in the captain ’s chair and dish as helmer : the ( think ) Angelina Jolie - starring vehicleMaleficentand a projection previously recognise asThe Hill- which isnotofficially free-base on the company ’s Matterhorn root park ride , as was antecedently thought to be the case .
Maleficentis a new take onSleeping Beautythat tells the classic fairy tale from the eponymous villainess ' perspective ( ie . whatWickedis toThe Wizard of Oz ) . Disney ’s presently - untitled stack mounting mystery story - escapade Seth in the Alps is … well , kind of self - explanatory .
Deadlineis account that Robert Stromberg is arrange to make his feature - length directorial debut withMaleficent , working from a screenplay pen by Linda Woolverton ( Beauty and the Beast , The Lion King , Alice in Wonderland ) . Stromberg , as it were , is a longtime digital / paint matte artist who also began working as a visual effects supervisor back in the late nineties . He has late become a full - blow production interior decorator , winning back - to - back Oscars for his work onAvatarandAlice in Wonderland- and , in 2011 , also did work on film director Sam Raimi ’s upcomingOz : The Great and Powerful(for Disney ) .
Variety , meanwhile , has learned that Brian Beletic is onboard to make the Mouse House ’s Matterhorn moviehisfeature - duration directorial launching , based on a script by Jason Dean Hall ( the in - developmentfuturisticRobin Hoodflick ) . Beletic is a commercial director who has helmed ads for companies ranging from Nike to Dodge and IKEA , as well as music video recording for artists such as the Basement Jaxx ( " Red Alert " ) and Cee - Lo Green ( " Closet Freak " ) .
That ’s all to say : both Stromberg and Beletic know how to deliver cracking - looking movie theater , but are untested , as far as their skill as lineament - distance teller go .
Both of these Disney projects have their various intensity and weakness , at first glance . Maleficent , for example , has to attempt and make a authoritative fairy tale seem reinvigorated to the mod moviegoing masses ; still , it ’s being scripted by a reasonably decent author , whose body of work was estimable enough to attract the attention of filmmakers such as Tim Burton andDavid O. Russellin the yesteryear . If nothing else , Stromberg ’s engagement assure that it ’ll tout some courteous eye candy ( and notjustin the form of Jolie , mind you ) .
Disney ’s Matterhorn movie , by comparability , is a truly original project that will be supervised by both Beletic and the creators of the 3D snowboarding title " Art of Flight " ( the latter are serve as yield consultants ) . This one has more of a hit - or - miss potential , since neither screenwriter Hall nor director Beletic have any feature film - length narrative titles on their resume - but , then again , they do n’t have anything todiscreditthem , either .
We will continue to keep you update on the condition of bothMaleficentand Disney ’s Matterhorn - found project as the stories develop .
Source : Deadline , Variety
