The fantasy adventure is moving its release date up by seven months. It had previously been slated to debut on 29 May 2020.
If it had opened on its original date in May, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil would have been facing off against Fast & Furious 9 and The Spongebob Movie.
In the film, Angelina Jolie reprises her role as the villainous enchantress Maleficent. The cast also includes Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville, who appeared in the first instalment, as well as franchise newcomers Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Skrein, Harris Dickinson, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) directs from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, and Noah Harpster.
The first Maleficent was a box office smash when it opened in 2014. It grossed $758.5 million globally on a $180 million budget.
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