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"Disney has secured Robert Stromberg to direct Maleficent. The Oscar-winning Avatar and Alice in Wonderland production designer will make his directorial debut on the Angelina Jolie-starring movie, reports Deadline. The film updates the story of the villain of Disney classic Sleeping Beauty, telling it from the point of view of the fairytale&amp;#039;s evil witch. Tim Burton was previously attached to direct Maleficent before deciding to focus on Dark Shadows. Stromberg is also working as production designer on Disney&amp;#039;s upcoming Oz The Great And Powerful, and has previous production design credits on Avatar and Burton&amp;#039;s Alice in Wonderland. The revisionist story is being scripted by Linda Woolverton (Alice in Wonderland, The Lion King, Sleeping Beauty). &amp;gt; Angelina Jolie: &amp;#039;I teach my kids about the world&amp;#039;s problems&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Angelina Jolie &amp;#039;grateful&amp;#039; for Golden Globe nomination "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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