Production has begun on the sequel to smash hit Maleficent, Disney announced early this week, with Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie reprising their roles as Sleeping Beauty and her conflicted surrogate mother.
The movie is being filmed at Pinewood Studios, near London and in locations around Britain, the world’s largest movie studio said in a statement.
“It brings your mom to work day on the Maleficent 2 set,” 20-year-old Fanning joked in an Instagram post that had been shared a quarter of a million times within an hour.
Alongside the message, she posted a picture of her in front of a laughing Jolie, who was in the famous Maleficent horns, as well as a pair of sunglasses and a toweling bathrobe.
Maleficent, a modern retelling of the life of Sleeping Beauty’s arch-nemesis, cast an instant spell on audiences in 2014, debuting at the top of the North American box office and going on to gross more than $750 million worldwide.
Joining Fanning and Jolie for the latest adventure are Oscar nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
