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'Full House' as a Horror Movie? TGIF Never Looked So Creepy. (VIDEO)

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"Full House" was the story of one big happy family all living together under the same roof. Right? Not if you watch this trailer of "Full House" recut as a horror movie!

As the tag line ominously reads, "Once you move in ... you can never move out." In the "Full House" horror movie, Danny Tanner (Bob Saget) is a creepy, bug-eyed, controlling dad who warns daughter Stephanie, "There is nothing you could do that would make me stop hugging and kissing you."

As Danny obsessively cleans and videotapes his daughter's feet, the rest of household members shed tears and cling to each other for comfort

"It's like a bad dream or something," whispers Uncle Jesse (John Stamos).

This truly is a house of horrors!

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A New 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' Clip Proves Baby Dragons Are a Flying Hazard (VIDEO)

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​Flying on dragons is pretty awesome -- but first, those dragons have to learn to fly.

And as Hiccup learns in this clip from "How to Train Your Dragon 2," riding a baby dragon is potentially hazardous to one's health!

"They're babies! They don't listen to anyone," he yells, as he and his friends sweep across an icy landscape. No kidding - the baby dragons still need a little more training in stuff like turning and avoiding obstacles.

"This is very dangerous ... aaaah," screams Hiccup's best friend Gobber as his dragon plummets for a brief moment.

"How to Train Your Dragon 2" is the hotly anticipated sequel to 2010's mega-hit animated movie. It follows Hiccup, Gobber, and friends five years after the original as they explore distant lands.

The movie opens June 13.

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'Star Wars: Attack of the Clones' Is Just a Bunch of Talking, Says New Honest Trailer (VIDEO)

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When you think of "Star Wars," you think lightsaber duels and space ship battles, right?

Maybe that's the case for the original movies (Episodes IV, V, and VI), but as the folks behind Honest Trailers points out, that isn't so with "Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones."

"Strap yourself in for even more of the stuff that made 'Phantom Menace' so cold, lifeless, and boring," the trailer declares, "like people sitting and talking, standing and talking, walking and talking."

The Honest Trailer touts the meaningless war between the clones and droids; the creepy romance between Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman); the uneven pace; and the many, many "wipes" between scenes. And all from George Lucas, or as they call him, "the man who created some of your fondest childhood memories, then took a huge dump on them."

Watch the brutally honest trailer below!


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The 'Private Benjamin' Remake Just Got a Whole Lot Better

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private benjamin remake rebel wilsonHollywood's determination to remake every hit movie from the past continues on. This time, it's eyeing "Private Benjamin," the 1980 movie that made Goldie Hawn famous.

The Wrap reports that "Pitch Perfect" star Rebel Wilson will play the lead role. In the original, Hawn played a spoiled rich woman who's duped into joining the Army and soon faces the harsh reality of bootcamp.

In the remake, Wilson will play a redneck who, along with a rich girl, get more than they bargained for when they join the Marines.

The project has been in the works for years, with Anna Faris once attached to the role. Wilson's kooky brand of comedy seems a good fit to follow in Hawn's footsteps. Of course, she may not even get to film the movie for awhile, if her ABC sitcom "Super Fun Night" is renewed.

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Our 'Neighbors' Unscripted, Featuring Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, Is Finally Here (VIDEO)

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Seth Rogen and Zac Efron may play rivals in this month's "Neighbors," but the stars were right at home, joking together in our latest Unscripted.

Rogen and Efron answered a few fan questions -- and some of their own -- digging deep about their first acting gigs, tween slumber parties, and Efron's most memorable prank. But it's not until Rogen recalls the time Louis C.K. dissed Rogen and Jonah Hill, and Efron reveals the Swedish Fish-fueled secret to a camera-ready physique, though, that this Unscripted becomes truly memorable.

"Neighbors" hits theaters Friday, May 9.

Craving more Unscripted? Visit our YouTube page for more episodes.

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Watch Hugh Jackman Adorably Interview His '90s Self (VIDEO)

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hugh jackman younger self interviewIf you're reading this, Hugh Jackman, just stop.

Stop being so darn charming. In this video from Yahoo UK, Hugh Jackman interviews himself in 1999, right before the first "X-Men" came out, to chat about their future. Strangely enough, '90s Jackman looks almost exactly like today's Hugh Jackman, except there's a Furbie and several lava lamps nearby. Honestly, though, has Jackman aged at all? Does he has a portrait of himself in an attic somewhere that's developing a beer gut and going grey? Come on.

What's funny about this "interview" is that, first of all, it's really hard to do a cool, interesting video interview these days. Second, we all like to think of Hugh Jackman as a down-to-earth guy who always seems a bit surprised as his insane success. It's funny to see him sardonically toot his own horn.

2014 Jackman blows his past self's mind by explaining "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and how some of its stars were just babies back then. "They're all going to be very young, and they're all going to remind you on a daily basis how they watched you in this movie you're about to do, when they were eight years old. Don't hit them," he advises. This is always a good tip, pretty much for everyone.

Jackman gives a shout-out to his work in "The Prestige" and "The Fountain," and then subtly disses "Movie 43," a truly horrible movie in every way possible. (We asked him about it last year, and as per usual, he was totally classy about it.)

"Keep moisturizing," 1999 Jackman says. "Whatever you're doing, it's amazing."

Yep, we agree.

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" opens May 23.


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The New 'A Million Ways to Die in the West' Red Band Trailer Is Hilariously Dirty (VIDEO)

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million ways to die in the west red band trailerThis fancy red-band trailer (read: NSFW!) for Seth MacFarlane's new movie, "A Million Ways to Die in the West," is... funny? Yeah, it is. It's funny. Hmmm. And pretty dirty, so that's always good!

MacFarlane directs, co-wrote, and stars in this Western about a doofy dude named Albert who is too timid to have a real gunfight. When the babely Anna (Charlize Theron) rides into town, he's got all sorts of motivation to learn how to fight like a manly man who shoots things. In case he needed any more motivation, a totally badass outlaw rides into town, and he's got a very particular set of skills. Skills that he has acquired over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people like Alfred.

As you can see from this trailer (below), Albert lives in a strange town where people die in all sorts of hideous, bloody ways, from giant blocks of ice squishing them to cholera ("the black s**t") and a town fair where people always die. You can also see Sarah Silverman as a lady of the night named Ruth, Giovanni Ribisi as a naïve young dork, Neil Patrick Harris as someone with an amazing mustache, and more. There are dance numbers, explosions, fights, blood and other bodily fluids, and even a hot-air balloon. Pop on your headphones and travel back to MacFarlane's warped version of 1882. John Wayne would be shocked.

"A Million Ways to Die in the West" opens May 30. Watch more red-band trailers here.

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Go, Go 'Power Rangers' Movie: Prepare for a '90s Nostalgia Explosion

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power rangers movieThe children of the '80s have been full of cranky beans lately about all the adaptations of our favorite childhood toys and board games into movie franchises. Jem! Barbie! Lego! Now the shoe is on the other foot, millennials! The live-action '90s series "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" is getting a big-screen reboot, courtesy of Lionsgate and the brand behind the franchise, Saban.

The Power Rangers are just a bunch of normal teens who are chosen by a creepy outer space sage named Zordon to fight seriously evil alien invaders. Jason Lee Scott, Kimberly Hart, Zack Taylor, Trini Kwan, and Billy Cranston are given special powers to battle Rita Repulsa and her minions. We can only hope and pray that Rita Repulsa is as wild, witchy, and weird as she is on the show.

Naturally, there have been a ton of tie-ins for the series over the years, like comic books, video games, and Halloween costumes, just to name a few, and it's got a worldwide audience. Perfect for the next franchise, no?

Just don't expect any of the original Power Rangers to appear in the movie. The 20-year reunion was a bust, as chronicled by outlets like TMZ and Perez Hilton. On the other hand, there was apparently plenty of jovial gas-passing on set. Memories!

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Jimmy Fallon, Seth Rogen, and Zac Efron Get Pretty for 'Ew!' (VIDEO)

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Teen girls are the worst, right? All they do is drink complicated Starbucks drinks and text and screech. At least, that's what they do in Jimmy Fallon's world. (To be fair, those of us who were teen girls can vouch for how terrible they are! Anyone read Margaret Atwood "Cat's Eye"? Like that!)

Seth Rogen and Zac Efron popped by Fallon's joint last night for a sketch called "Ew!" Apparently, it's a recurring sketch where Fallon dresses up as a teen girl and says everything is "Ew!" Between the braces and the weird teen girl mannerisms, it's kind of hard to tell exactly what he's saying, but Rogen and Efron are pretty funny as an unfortunately bearded teen who likes Gary Oldman (awww!) and a very pretty teen who enjoys posing for selfies and dancing suggestively to Lil Jon.

Naturally, there's a James Franco joke in there about his most "Ew!"-worthy event, wherein he allegedly tried to hook up with a 17-year-old teen on vacation. Either it was a stunt to promote "Palo Alto," an actually good movie by Gia Coppola where he plays a soccer coach who (surprise!) has inappropriate relationships with teen girls, or, you know, ew. Either way, life imitates art and vice versa, eh?

Spring Breakers

Seth Rogen and Zac Efron's movie "Neighbors" opens this Friday. Rose Byrne and Dave Franco co-star.


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Jon Hamm Opens Up to Lake Bell in Our Exclusive 'Million Dollar Arm' Preview (VIDEO)

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Next weekend, one of the best summer movies we've seen so far opens, and it doesn't involve a single superhero, rampaging monster, or fiery explosion.

Instead, this is a low-key affair, mostly about the interpersonal relationships of very real people (it's based on a true story, don't you know), and is something that everyone in the family can enjoy (without it ever feeling too soft or gooey). The movie is Disney's "Million Dollar Arm" and it stars Jon Hamm as a sports agent who makes a risky proposition to search for the next major baseball stars on the cricket fields of India. And what's more - we have an exclusive clip.

In the minute-long clip, Hamm's character (based on real life agent J. B. Bernstein) is having a powwow with his ridiculously adorable neighbor Brenda (Lake Bell), who rents his bungalow out back. He's opening up to her -- about his lack of faith in this "million dollar arm" concept and how all of the showy things in his life are just empty objects from a bygone part of his life and career. It's a lovely little moment, honed to perfection by two incredibly talented actors, and gives you a good taste of the understated joys that "Million Dollar Arm" has to offer.

"Million Dollar Arm," which also features Madhur Mittai, Suraj Sharma, Aasif Mandvi, Alan Arkin and Bill Paxton, will be out May 16, with special sneak peeks in over 500 theaters this weekend. We'll have more exclusives, including an interview with Arkin and Paxton that can only be described as "madcap," in the coming days. So don't nobody go nowhere.

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How Disney Brought Maleficent to Life -- Horns and All (EXCLUSIVE)

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"Maleficent" week on Moviefone continues with this inside look, provided by Disney, at how the artists and designers behind the movie created the iconic villainess's style -- horns and all.

Bringing the evil Maleficent -- who first appeared in Disney's classic animated 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty" -- to life in this year's live-action "Maleficent" involved the acclaimed talents of Oscar(R)-winning actress Angelina Jolie and a team of artists and designers dedicated to create the villainess's uniquely wicked style.

Everyone familiar with Disney's classic "Sleeping Beauty" knows what the animated Maleficent looked like, so getting the look right for the live-action film was important to both director Robert Stromberg and Angelina Jolie. "Angelina was really passionate about not only who the character was, but what the character looked like," says Stromberg. "We worked together to come up with a character that wasn't that stereotype image but was close enough that people would immediately know her to be Maleficent."

Recreating Maleficent's costume from animated film to live action fell to London-based costume designer Anna B. Sheppard, known for her work on "Schindler's List" and "The Pianist," both of which earned her Academy Award(R) nominations. The costume designer was tasked with creating two very different worlds, one with creatures living in a forest fairyland and the other a human kingdom. Sheppard began her process with research that guided her from the 15th century to the Renaissance period of French and Italian art, including paintings, sketches and sculptures.

Maleficent's character look in the 1959 animated film was designed by animator Marc Davis, who is credited with creating Maleficent's horns and designing her elegant style complete with flowing capes and high collars, so Sheppard started with those references for Maleficent's specific style. After watching the classic "Sleeping Beauty," Sheppard incorporated the design elements and notes, "The persona that comes to you straight from this film is Maleficent. The colors I used are similar to the Disney prints from that film. I think Maleficent looks exactly, in the big christening scene, as everyone expects her to be. This is Maleficent from the animated version, just more beautiful."

Although Sheppard designed the line and shape of Maleficent's costumes, she says that she could not have achieved the fully realized look without the collaboration of specialty designers who were hired to work with Angelina Jolie to help create the character's style. "Maleficent's costumes evolved from mossy colors and 'floaty" fabrics to become dark and sculptural shapes in much heavier fabrics with lots of volume," explains Sheppard. Artificial furs, leather and feathered accessories created by the specialty designers were used to form a much darker and sinister-looking character."

One of the first costume elements to be created were the horns and Maleficent's facial contours as those looks were intrinsic to creating Maleficent's full-on style. Seven-time Academy Award(R)-winning special makeup effects designer Rick Baker stepped in to handle the process. Baker began immediately with a digital painting of what he thought Maleficent's look should be. "Personally, I thought for Angelina Jolie, you didn't really want to do too much to her. For me, it was maybe horns and ears. I pretty much left her face alone," says Baker.

But with Angelina Jolie's input, the design evolved. As Baker explains, "Angelina wanted to wear appliances for Maleficent's look, so I did a number of designs with appliances that were subtle. She also wanted a nose, which I actually thought could give her more of a Maleficent look. We ended up with numerous sets of cheeks and ears and horns in the beginning stages. First we made sketches and then later we actually sculpted on a cast of her head and made pieces for her to review."

Baker created cheeks, a nose and ear appliances for Jolie that were silicone and gel-filled. Maleficent's cheeks look sharply prominent in the film, but the appliances are actually very small. Baker explains, "It's amazing because the appliances are less than a quarter of an inch at their thickest points and only about a half inch wide. They sit right at the crest of her cheekbones."

Special makeup effects artist Arjen Tuiten was on set daily to transfer Baker's designs to Angelina Jolie. "It was important to Rick [Baker] that all Angelina's prosthetics conform to the angles of her face," says Tuiten. "From the life cast of her head, we formed the rubber cheekbones and ears, following those contours. The whole application process, including hair weaves, which took about a half-hour, was about four hours every morning. Angelina was very patient with the process."

Turning his attention to the horns, Baker faced several challenges. "The horns were one of the big issues because no one would want to walk around all day with big horns on his or her head," relates Baker. "So, I wanted to make them as lightweight as possible and removable because when you have something that sticks out a foot beyond your head and you're not used to it, you're apt to run into things."

Baker and his team sculpted at least four different designs of horns. "I did some drawings and modeled some of the designs for the horns on the computer," says Baker. "Then we actually ended up sculpting them. We chose the one that we liked the best and did all the work using that one design."

For comfort, the horns are very lightweight and thin, and made of urethane casting resin. "After much experimentation, we ended up basically with a maxi-form skullcap that had on it the base of the horns and the first inch or so of the horns," explains Baker. 'The rest of the horns stuck on with a magnet. They were very strong magnets that held them in place but we could then pop them off in between shots."

The magnets also protected Angelina Jolie while engaged in wirework or performing stunts. "If something crossed over or bumped they would disconnect easily," says Baker. "But because of that, we had to make many duplicates because if they fell, they would break. We also had a stunt version of the horns that were more rubbery, so that they would not hurt anybody. It was a lot of experimentation on how to keep them affixed to her head and how to make them seamlessly removable. Fortunately, the horns had a sculpted texture of lines, like a growth line basically, so that made really good connection points. We probably made at least 20 sets of horns of different types and replacements."

Maleficent's green skin in "Sleeping Beauty" is nowhere to be seen in the live-action "Maleficent." "We still wanted her to look pretty and attractive," informs Baker. That was an important thing and we didn't want her look to be too creature-like. Keeping it relatable seemed like the right thing to do for this film."

Baker also had contact lenses made to complete the look of Jolie's Maleficent. "Angelina designed them," says Baker. "The lenses were hand-painted by an artist who is an expert in that field. I have a lady that does them all the time for us and we had some pictures made of these eyes and had the eyes amped up a little bit."

After the horns were designed and built, milliner Justin Smith came on board to design the covering for the horns and all the headwear for Jolie's Maleficent. His first step was to get a sense of the costumes Anna Sheppard had created for the character and then apply his specific talents to bring innovative millinery to help create an iconic look based on the original character from the animated film. Explaining his approach, Smith comments, "I created several head wrap designs. The designs emerged from the story of Maleficent, who of course has horns. I worked on designing and creating looks that would capture the tension between menacing and magical to become a contemporary couture version of the 1950s animation."

To approach the basic design of the headpieces, Smith conferred closely with the film's star Angelina Jolie. "Angelina wanted something that was going to cover the head and completely lose all the hair, but also not be a turban or fabric just wrapped around the head. So it was quite a specific brief, and it took a little bit of time to understand where we can go with this to try and create an identity for her."

"There's python skin, some very fine leather and some fish skin, and it's all based on being quite clean and simple silhouettes with a wrapping technique that looks like it's just twisted and wrapped around the head in an easy way," concludes Smith.

To create his designs Smith looked to references that had already been established and then he expanded from there. "There's obviously a theme that we had to build in and a lot of the fabrics were supplied already," says Smith. "So I delved in there and had a look at what I could actually use to bring it in with all the rest of the costume. I brought a lot of my own techniques and my own skills to do with how I've developed millinery in a modern way. A lot of my own references are artists like Michael Parkes, who is one of my favorites, especially his very elegant, very beautiful lithograph paintings. Then there are some rope-knotting books and various books that I use for my own work."

With these resources, Smith manipulated his techniques and ideas together with the costume. "I tried to come up with something hopefully quite new and a little bit edgy, a little bit futuristic but nothing too scary that would take away from anything else," explains Smith. "It's more about complementing the whole look to make everything work in harmony."

Using the story as a guide, with its numerous references to animals and the creatures of the forest kingdom, Smith worked to bring some animalistic influences to Maleficent's look. "It was the idea that the headpieces weren't structured at all, that they didn't have any stitching on them," explains the milliner. "They look very manmade, with more taken from leathers and fabrics that would come from the forest. It's as though Maleficent wrapped them around her head. The idea was that they looked very easy and very natural."

Smith created six different headpieces that corresponded with the seasons and specific scenes. Describing some of the different looks, Smith informs, "There's the summer look, which is a python skin head wrap. We've got the christening, which is the leather turban with leather-covered thorns. We've got a spring look, which is a narrow strip of leather sewn together so it creates a ribbed effect and then heavily lacquered and painted. Then there's the stingray head wrap. So it's stingray on the top and leather on the side."

No costume would be complete without footwear and accessories, so Rob Goodwin, a couture footwear designer, assumed the role of leather specialist. Goodwin approached his task with a vision, as he explains, "Maleficent is a dark and complex character so I was inspired by the darker edges of contemporary couture fashion which contrasted and complemented the approach and vision of the more established film costume design team. I wanted to inject an edgy, stylish and harder aesthetic component into the mix, which I think helped us create a new and iconic version of this fairytale anti-heroine. I worked closely with a small design team and with Angelina to pin down and reflect Maleficent's distinct personality in the garments she chose to wear."

Goodwin admits that most of his inspiration came from Angelina Jolie. He comments, "Most of the inspiration came from discussions with Angelina herself who inhabited the character completely. She is very knowledgeable about past and present visual culture and so we drew from our pooled knowledge and references to evolve Maleficent's appearance."

Goodwin worked in leathers and combined them with feathers, beads and other materials. "These materials have the quality of savage elegance, the scales and surface textures suggesting that Maleficent is somehow non-human," says Goodwin.

Goodwin's most challenging designs for the film involved the battles scene. "From early on, I had an idea for a helmet and footwear for her battle scene, which had to be hard, formidable yet elegant. The helmet's sculpted shape is covered in leather that looks reptilian and this detail was continued onto the boots, which had customized bone-like heels. Together, these pieces were my most challenging as well as being my favorites."

Manuel Albarran joined the team to design Maleficent's accessories such as jewelry and collars, which accessorized the look. Says Albarran about his contributions, "l was mainly designing the accessories for Maleficent: collars, rings, brooches, bracelets, shoulder-pieces and spines."

Albarran envisioned Maleficent's look as very organic and rooted in nature, with the use of as many natural materials as possible. "As l am used to using metals and unusual materials in my creations, l looked to legends, history and architecture as initial inspiration for my designs. l then invented and developed the techniques needed to create my visions and to create the pieces in reality."
The materials Albarran used to create his designs included various metals, such as gold, brass and copper, precious stones and crystals, different leathers, feathers and other natural materials all in order to "create costumes that would be beautiful, yet dark in character and powerful-like Maleficent herself," says the designer.

The collars Albarran designed for Maleficent were each different in structure and materials. "The collars were all feminine and elegant in silhouette, yet powerful and dark in atmosphere," explains Albarran. "Really organic. Some were very detailed structures. For example, l created collars where the collar, shoulders and spine were all connected as a single piece in leather with a support to form the base structure, where l then added various skins, feathers, etc. to create the final design."

Describing his favorite design, Albarran says, "My favorite piece was a collar with feather shoulders attached to a delicate spine. I placed hand-dyed layers of duck feathers, the colors grading from different greys through dusty blues and greens, to the structure, which formed the shoulders and spine, creating a very organic feel. The spine l formed using a metal base, which l covered in leather. The silhouette of this piece is very elegant and feminine, yet also powerful."

Called upon to use his skills with leather in a different way, Albarran was assigned the challenging task of creating the full-body suit that Angelina Jolie wears in the final battle scene of the movie. Explains Albarran, "Designing the costume was the initial step. Then l needed to bring the design to life. This involved many technical complications, as l had to ensure that she could move, jump and fight while wearing the costume. I needed to make different samples, in order to check the mobility, weight, and balance before the design could be perfected."

No look would be complete without beauty makeup and that's where Toni G, Angelina Jolie's personal makeup artist, came in. To begin the process of designing the makeup for Maleficent, Toni G looked to nature for inspiration. She explains, "The story has so much nature involved with it that it definitely triggered more of a look into nature and the browns. With the palette we wanted a combination of colors that could be used in variation, such as Concrete, a grey brown, for more natural contour and a darker brown (Ground) and black (Carbon) to add a dramatic pop to the eye, with a little Goldmine for highlight that would complement the yellow in her contacts."

As red lips were part of the classic Maleficent design, it was an important element to retain in the character's live-action look. "We tried so many reds; we wanted a true bright red, but it also needed to be the right constancy and be fully pigmented with a dash of shine. I love the color we ultimately picked, so dramatic!"

After special makeup effects artist Arjen Tuiten applied the prosthetics and did a light fine painting to match the skin, Toni G would begin her work. "We would start in with the beauty and basically highlight the upside down triangle under the eyes to the outside part of the cheeks to the bottom of the nose. Basically the same principle with a normal beauty makeup."

Toni G's approach to the makeup for the Maleficent character was "about finding a way to bring the animation to the flesh." She elaborates, "Besides her prosthetics, her eyes where the perfect way to achieve this. I was very inspired by the labradorite stone. The Eskimos call it the Aurora because of the dimensional shift in color as the light hits it. Beautiful greens, blues and yellows. She wore very detailed contact lenses painted with these colors. The perfect way to help her feel magical."

Working with the contacts and the eye makeup was a balancing act for Toni G. "Those contacts just made her eyes pop that much more, so had we gone with strong colors on her eyes, we would have lost the balance," states the makeup artist. "Her contacts were supposed to be part of who she was as her own natural face. We wanted to keep a sense of her being relatable and natural, but also a strong sense of the classic Maleficent. We wanted to find what worked for this story and also make sure that it wouldn't become overly distracting as a theatrical makeup."

Maleficent's nails also had a special look. They were painted underneath with black and on top with a pearlescent-like polish, but for the christening scene, the nails underneath were painted blood red.

Although Toni G enjoyed the transformation that took Angelina Jolie from her movie-star self to the evil Maleficent, she was concerned about the use of glue to apply the prosthetics. "It was exciting for Angelina to have prosthetics and such a cool transformation, yet I was concerned for her skin having pieces glued on for four months! But it was all good. We opted to use a mix of coconut and argan oil for removal, which seemed to really help keep her skin from being irritated by strong glue removers."

But Toni G admits that the most challenging aspect of designing the beauty makeup was finding the balance. She explains, "It was just always about finding the balance of everything. When we got a new costume on, we had to decide what we wanted to do with her eyes and had to think about the emotion of the scene. It always seemed to be about finding the balance between her costume and where she was in the film."

On May 30, 2014, when Disney's "Maleficent" opens in U.S. theaters, the work of the talented designers and artists involved in creating Maleficent's look will be showcased on-screen and audiences will be swept away to another place and time by the beauty and style of Maleficent, whose evildoing is sure to lead another generation to appreciate the art of villainy as only Angelina Jolie can bring it.

"Maleficent" casts its spell in theaters May 30. Buy advance tickets now.

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