MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL to be Released October 18

"Maleficent: Mistress of Evil," the sequel to Disney's "Maleficent," will be released nationwide October 18, 2019.

Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning reprise their roles as Maleficent and Princess Aurora, respectively, from the 2014 box-office success Maleficent.

Michelle Pfeiffer joins the cast as Queen Ingrith. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ed Skrein, and Robert Lindsay, and Harris Dickinson have also joined the film.

Joachim Rønning directed the sequel from a script by Linda Woolverton and Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster. The film's producers are Joe Roth and Angelina Jolie.

A fantasy adventure that picks up several years after Maleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney's most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil continues to explore the complex relationship between the horned fairy and the soon to be Queen, as they form new alliances and face new adversaries in their struggle to protect the moors and the magical creatures that reside within.