“Maleficent 2 was a disaster”: Angelina Jolie’s Big Return With Maleficent 3 Amid Ugly Feud With Brad Pitt Sparks Concerns Among Her Fans
Actress Angelina Jolie is regarded as one of the most phenomenal actresses in the entertainment industry who has over the years portrayed some of the most distinguished characters on-screen and impressed the audience as well as the critics. The actress is one of the highest-paid actresses in the industry and is also very well known for her humanitarian efforts where she advocates for women’s rights, education, and conservation.
The actress who was previously married to actor Brad Pitt is cited as one of the most powerful and influential people in the entertainment industry and is now looking forward to making her big return to the big screen. She last appeared as Thena in Marvel Studios’ Eternals and even though the movie received mixed reviews, the actress was applauded for her performance. Angelina Jolie is set to reprise her role as Maleficent in an upcoming third part. Let’s find out more.
Angelina Jolie confirms to return as Maleficent in third part
In her recent cover story for Wall Street Journal, actress Angelina Jolie without giving out too many details confirmed that she will be reprising the role of Maleficent for the third part of the movie. The third part will follow the event after the second part, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which came out in 2019 and was set five years after the events in the original Maleficent which was released in 2014.
There has been no information on whether Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, or any other characters from previous movies would return. Jolie casually dropped the confirmation during the conversation by stating that she’d working on the Disney live-action movie when she was not busy with her other projects including producing a Broadway show and opening a stand-alone fashion venture.
Maleficent 2 was a disaster. How creatively bankrupt is Disney going to keep going
— Matt Jarbo (@mjarbo) December 5, 2023
I think this series was fine as a stand-alone film. I don't have hope on the 3rd film. The sequel flopped.
— @Splash Lights Photos (Back in the Game For Now) (@Two_Cams25) December 5, 2023
Fans have expressed their excitement and concerns over the third part of the movie as they are very well aware that the second part tanked at the box office. A user wrote, “Maleficent 2 was a disaster. How creatively bankrupt is Disney going to keep going,” while another mentioned, “I think this series was fine as a stand-alone film. I don’t have hope on the third film. The sequel flopped.”
Gotta be honest, i didn't even know there was a second one lol
— DarvTheBirb (@DarvTheBirb) December 5, 2023
https://twitter.com/Richard__Dy/status/1732127946561737002
A user online noted, “Gotta be honest. I didn’t even know there was a second one lol,” whereas a lot of users seemed excited about the upcoming movie and simply to witness Angeline Jolie back on-screen after a long time.
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Angelina Jolie shares how she and the kids ‘healed’ after divorce from Brad Pitt
During her cover story, the actress opened up about how she and the six children she shares with Brad Pitt from whom she split up in 2016 had to heal. It comes as no surprise for the fans to know that once a power couple is currently in a legal battle with each other with neither of them backing down.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s divorce is probably one of the messiest divorces in the industry, which has often made their respective fans worry about them. The actress mentioned in the interview,
“We had to heal. There are things we needed to heal from. They are the closest people to me in life and they are my close friends. We’re seven very different people, which is our strength.”
Further in her interview, the actress shared that of all the places in the world, she thinks Hollywood is not a healthy one adding that she is open to living in Cambodia stating that it’s part of what happened after her divorce that she lost the ability to live and travel as freely.
