HORN AGAIN

Released in 2014, Maleficent ushered in a lucrative era of live-action remakes for Disney. But unlike Beauty And The and , which recreate the animated originals almost shot for shot, put a new spin on the Sleeping Beauty myth, (re)telling its tale from the perspective of Angelina Jolie’s titular fallen fairy. “I think people were surprised by how moving it was,” says Joachim Rønning, the director who replaced Robert Stromberg for sequel . “It’s what I gravitated towards, that universal bond between a mother and a daughter.”