Angelina Jolie to film Disney in UK
Angelina Jolie will reprise her lead role in Disney’s Maleficent 2, currently settling into early pre-production for a UK shoot next year.
Jolie first played the troubled villain – loosely based on Charles Perrault’s original fairy tale and the Disney animation of Sleeping Beauty – in the 2014 feature.
It went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of that year, as well as winning several awards and an Oscar nomination.
As with the original, Maleficent 2 is from Hollywood producer Joe Roth of Roth Films and has Joachim Ronning lined up to direct from a screenplay by UK writer Jez Butterworth.
Production Intelligence subscribers can log in for more details on the UK shoot including the studio. Key HoDs listed already include the UPM, production designer and location manager.
Subscribers should follow the project for more updates as we confirm them. Non-subscribers can click here to request a free online demo.
Maleficent 2 is one of several major feature films currently in pre-production in the UK including the Kenneth Branagh-directed Artemis Fowl (also for Disney), Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Dolittle film for Universal and Detective Pikachu directed by Rob Letterman.
BFI figures published in early November showed that inward investment projects made up a whopping £1.6bn of the total £1.8bn production spend on film in the UK during the first nine months of 2017.
Photo via Frank Connor/Disney Enterprises.
Also on The Knowledge
Shetland wins double recommission
The BBC has ordered two more series of detective drama Shetland with the first (Series 9) filming this month.
Bank of Dave the Sequel begins northern shoot
Filming gets underway today (26 February) on the Netflix sequel to 2023 feature Bank of Dave with shooting taking place largely in Burnley and Leeds.
Filming underway on new series of Strike
Strike, The Ink Black Heart – the sixth instalment of the detective drama - has begun filming.
Feature film Lola and Freddie to shoot in London this summer
A new feature film, Lola and Freddie, will shoot in London locations this summer with Naomie Harris, Joel Fry, Jameela Jamil and Olivia Lee leading the cast.
Construction commences on BBC's West Midlands production hub as new series is greenlit
Ground has been broken on The Tea Factory, a new BBC production hub in the West Midlands that promises to be the BBC’s greenest building, with a new series featuring Billy Billingham to be produced in the region.
Ralph Fiennes to direct and star in The Beacon
Ralph Fiennes is set to make his screenwriting feature debut with The Beacon; he will also direct.