Great MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL Featurette and TV Spot Don’t miss the new MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL featurette and TV spot! The film, directed by Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Kon-Tiki), stars Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Riley, Harris Dickinson, Ed Skrein, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville. MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL will be released in theaters on October 18. Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.