Dan Trachtenberg Developing Sleeping Beauty Film for Disney

Dan Trachtenberg is developing an untitled Disney film inspired by Sleeping Beauty, according to reports, with the project still in early development and its plot undisclosed. The reported film is described as an original take on the classic story, separate from the Maleficent movies starring Angelina Jolie. The project’s creative team is also reported to include Rayna McClendon, who developed the story with Trachtenberg, and screenwriters Alex Anfanger and Dan Schimpf. The details have not been publicly confirmed by Disney or Trachtenberg in the available accounts, which attribute the information to a report by Deadline. The new film is not presented as a continuation or extension of the Maleficent series. That distinction leaves the story and its relationship to Disney’s earlier adaptations unclear. No synopsis, characters beyond those associated with the original tale, production schedule or release date has been disclosed in the reporting. Disney’s 1959 animated Sleeping Beauty is the best-known film adaptation of the fairy tale.