| Disney's Sleeping Beauty | |
| Owner: | The Walt Disney Company |
| Origin: | Sleeping Beauty (1959) |
| Tv Specials: | The Peter Tchaikovsky Story |
| Dtv: | (2007; Keys to the Kingdom segment) |
| Music: | "Once Upon a Dream" |
| Footnotes: | Characters and/or settings from this franchise appear as part of a crossover |
| Sp: | Empty |
| Years: | 1955–present |
Sleeping Beauty is a Disney media franchise that began in 1959 with the theatrical release of the animated film Sleeping Beauty, based on the homonymous fairy tale.
See main article: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film). Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney based on The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault. In 2019, Sleeping Beauty was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[1]
See main article: Maleficent (film series).
See main article: Maleficent (film). Maleficent is a live-action adaptation/retelling of 1959 animated film from the eponymous antagonist portrayed by Angelina Jolie.[2]
See main article: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. is the sequel of the 2014 film Maleficent, continuing the story of the first film.[3] The film was released on October 18, 2019.[4]
In September 2021, a third Maleficent film was confirmed to be in early development, with Angelina Jolie expected to return.[5] [6]
See main article: Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams. As a segment of Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, "Keys to the Kingdom" focuses on Princess Aurora, who reigns the kingdom in the absence of her parents, and Merryweather gives Aurora her wand in case she needs any assistance and warns her to be very careful with it.
See main article: Descendants (franchise).
See main article: Descendants (2015 film). Descendants is a live-action Disney Channel Original Movie based on the lives of the children of various Disney heroes and villains when they attend the same prep school. The film focused mainly on Mal, daughter of Maleficent, who is the main antagonist of the movie. The film also includes Audrey, Aurora and Phillip's daughter, and Queen Leah also makes a minor appearance.
See main article: Descendants 2. Descendants 2 is the sequel to the 2015 film Descendants. The film again focuses on Mal, however Maleficent only appears briefly transformed into a lizard (staying in this form in the previous movie). Audrey, Aurora and Prince Phillip's daughter, being only mentioned in the film.
See main article: Descendants 3. A third film in the Descendants franchise was released in mid 2019.[7] It featured Mal and Audrey, the daughters of Maleficent and Aurora respectively, with Queen Leah returning in a supporting role. In the film, Mal and Audrey fulfill roles reversed from their mothers in Sleeping Beauty, with Mal acting as the heroine of the story, while Audrey acts as the main antagonist.
See main article: Descendants: The Rise of Red. A fourth film from the Descendants franchise was released in mid 2024. In the film, Maleficent is seen in her teenage years.
See main article: House of Mouse. Disney's animated television series House of Mouse included many Disney animated character cameos, including the Sleeping Beauty characters. Characters from Sleeping Beauty also make minor appearances in the direct-to-video films based in the show, and Mickey's House of Villains.
See main article: Sofia the First. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather appear as recurring characters in the American animated television series Sofia the First, as the headmistresses of Royal Prep.
The series features characters from the Disney Princess franchise, with Aurora appearing in the 24th episode of the series, "Holiday in Enchancia".
See main article: Sleeping Beauty Castle. Sleeping Beauty Castle is a fairy tale castle at the center of Disneyland and Disneyland Park (Paris) and formerly at Hong Kong Disneyland. It is based on the late-19th century Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany.
See main article: Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant. Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (English: The Castle of the Sleeping Beauty) is the fairy tale castle at the centre of Disneyland Paris and is a continuation of Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Maleficent is one of the main antagonists in the Kingdom Hearts video game series, appearing in most entries in the series. Aurora appears for first time in Kingdom Hearts as one of the Seven Princesses of Heart. Flora, Fauna and Merryweather, as well as Maleficent's raven, appear for the first time in Kingdom Hearts II. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep include a world based on the animation film, Enchanted Dominion, which includes for the first time in the games to Prince Phillip and Maleficent's goons.
Aurora appears in as a playable character.[8]
The 2014 live-action version of Maleficent is a playable character in the Disney Infinity video game series, beginning with Disney Infinity 2.0 (2015).[9] As with the other playable characters in the game, a tie-in figure for Maleficent was also released.
Maleficent appears as a non-player character and the main antagonist in the video game Disney Magic Kingdoms, where she casts a curse on the titular Kingdom.[10] Aurora, Prince Phillip, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather appear as playable characters in the main storyline of the game.[11]
The franchise's titular protagonist, Aurora, is part of the characters in the Disney Princess franchise.[12] The main antagonist of the franchise, Maleficent, is included as a regular character of the Disney Villains franchise,[13] [14] [15] while her sidekick raven Diablo also has minor recurring appearances in said franchise.[16] [17]
See main article: List of Disney's Sleeping Beauty characters.
| Characters | Animated films | Live-action films | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sleeping Beauty | Keys to the Kingdom | Maleficent | Mistress of Evil | ||
| 1959 | 2007 | 2014 | 2019 | ||
| Aurora | Mary Costa | Erin Torpey Cassidy Ladden (singing) | Elle Fanning Vivienne Jolie-Pitt Eleanor Worthington Cox Janet McTeer | Elle Fanning | |
| Maleficent | Eleanor Audley | Angelina Jolie Isobelle Molloy Ella Purnell | Angelina Jolie | ||
| Flora | Verna Felton | Barbara Dirikson | Imelda Staunton | ||
| Fauna | Barbara Jo Allen | Russi Taylor | Lesley Manville | ||
| Merryweather | Barbara Luddy Colleen Collins | Tress MacNeille | Juno Temple | ||
| Prince Phillip | Bill Shirley | Roger Craig Smith | Brenton Thwaites | Harris Dickinson | |
| King Stefan | Corey Burton | Sharlto Copley Michael Higgins Jackson Bews | |||
| Queen Leah | Verna Felton | Barbara Dirikson | Hannah New | ||
| King Hubert | Bill Thompson | Jeff Bennett | Robert Lindsay | ||
| Diablo the Raven | Sam Riley | ||||