Elle, Angelina, and Sam for Maleficent

The Fantastic Fairy-Tale Fashion of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

By Beth Deitchman We pressed, but costume designer Ellen Mirojnick simply can’t choose one favorite from the many stunning looks she and her team of cutters, agers, dyers, textiles artists, prop designers, jewelry creators, and buyers created for the three women at the center of Disney’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. “It depends on the day—and …

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Joachim Ronning and Elle Fanning

How Director Joachim Rønning Made Magic in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

By Zach Johnson It’s not unusual to hear Joachim Rønning ask, “What’s next?” After continuing the adventures of Jack Sparrow in Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures’ 2017 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Rønning was approached to direct Maleficent’s next chapter. The Disney villain’s origin story had cast a spell on …

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