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Angelina Jolie Returns in ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,’ Coming to Theaters This Halloween Season!

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Back in 2014, director Robert Stromberg and Angelina Jolie reimagined the tale of an iconic Disney villain with Maleficent, a dark fantasy origin story that proved to be a pretty massive hit at the box office. Naturally, a sequel is coming soon, and it’s just been given the official title Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, along with a new (and much earlier) release date.

Originally planned for release on May 29, 2020, the sequel has been bumped up this week to October 18, 2019, seven months earlier than expected!

Check out the official poster below, which is brand new today.

Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) directed the filmElle Fanning is also back, with Deadpool star Ed Skrein playing the film’s villain.

The full cast was recently announced, and it includes Chiwetel EjioforRobert LindsayHarris Dickinson, Sam RileyImelda Staunton, Juno Temple and Lesley Manville. Michelle Pfeiffer has also been confirmed as Queen Ingrith!

The sequel “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 II 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.”

Joe Roth is producing the film, with Jez Butterworth and Linda Woolverton penning the latest script. Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster wrote the most recent draft.

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Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ Is Now Available to Watch at Home!

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After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.

You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!

Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.

Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”

“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.

She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.

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