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By Michelle McCue | March 18, 2014

The last time a role was truly tailor-made for an actress was when Oscar-winner Elizabeth Taylor played the young queen of Egypt in the 1963 movie, CLEOPATRA, from director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. It had exotic makeup and wardrobe, elaborate sets and a glamorous A-list movie star.

Some 40 years later, Disney has taken a page from the glory days of Hollywood with Angelina Jolie starring in the upcoming adventure MALEFICENT.

MALEFICENT explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic “Sleeping Beauty” and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone.

Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king’s newborn infant Aurora.

As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever.

The film stars Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple and Lesley Manville.

MALEFICENT is produced by Joe Roth and directed by Robert Stromberg, with Angelina Jolie, Don Hahn, Palak Patel, Matt Smith and Sarah Bradshaw serving as executive producers. Linda Woolverton wrote the screenplay.

MALEFICENT opens in U.S. theaters on May 30, 2014.