From ALICE to MALEFICENT?

From ComingSoon.net:

"Heat Vision has confirmed a report that said Tim Burton is interested in making a live-action feature based on Maleficent from Disney's 1959 adaptation of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty.

The trade Blog adds that Alice in Wonderland screenwriter Linda Woolverton will write the script for Disney. Maleficent might reunite Woolverton with Burton, but it's not a done deal as the movie is one of a handful of projects the filmmaker is circling.

The movie would tell the classic fairy tale from the point of view of the self-proclaimed 'Mistress of All Evil.'

Woolverton's credits also include Disney's Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King."

Cue Helena Bonham Carter as Maleficent.

UPDATE:

"Now the Los Angeles Times adds that actress Angelina Jolie had been rumored to be circling the long gestating project last spring and is still 'keen on the film and would like to sign on to play the titular villain.'"

That'll be interesting seeing Angelina Jolie doing a Disney movie (considering the closest things she's down to family-friendly movies are Shark Tale and Kung Fu Panda).

Tim Burton weaves the tale of MALEFICENT?

From ComingSoon.net:

"Ain't It Cool News is reporting that Alice in Wonderland director Tim Burton might be adapting another classic tale soon, but this time from the point of view of the villain.

The site says that Burton is interested in making a live action feature based on Maleficent from Disney's 1959 adaptation of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Burton's Dark Shadows is 'stumbling', according to AICN, so Maleficent could possibly be his next project."

Wow, there's one out of left field. She is, however, one of Disney's greatest and well-known villains. Although the one that scares me the most is the Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.