The movie doesn’t have a release date, but Disney said it is a part of the next three year’s slate.
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Jolie is officially returning to star as Maleficent in the sequel to the 2014 film, while Stone is set to portray “101 Dalmatians'” Cruella de Vil in another Disney spin-off, titled “Cruella”. Dwayne Johnson will star in a movie called Jungle Cruise, although there’s no additional information on what the movie will be about. The live-action adaptation and its sequel earned a combined $504.2 million at the box office.
Disney also announced that Rob Marshall will direct a “Mary Poppins” movie starring Emily Blunt and featuring “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jack, the lamplighter.
Reese Witherspoon will take a leading role in Tinker Bell, a remake of Peter Pan, Disney said, while Tim Burton will take the helm for Dumbo’ a modern retelling of the 1941 Disney classic.
Angelina Jolie, 40, will reprise her role as Maleficent with Linda Woolverton once again taking on script duties while director Jon Favreau revisits the story of man-cub Mowgli for Jungle Book 2, the studio said in a statement.
The film is the latest attempt from the Disney studios to turn familiar projects into live-action box-office bonanzas.
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Although the company is being pretty vague, there’s a good chance more details will be released in the next coming months.
