It’s been a while since we heard about Maleficent, the Walt Disney project that focuses on the villain of their classic animated film Sleeping Beauty, but now the Mouse has a director.

With names like Tim Burton rumored to be possibly involved, instead it turns out that Disney has chosen Robert Stromberg to direct the movie, which is being developed as a starring vehicle for Angelina Jolie.

Maleficent will be Stromberg’s first time directing a feature, but he’s a two-time Academy Award-winner—for Art Direction on James Cameron’s Avatar and Burton’s Alice in Wonderland—and also visual effects whiz with 92 VFX credits on his resume. Titles he’s worked in the visual effects department on include Pan’s Labyrinth, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, The Golden Compass, and HBO series John Adams, The Pacific, and Boardwalk Empire.

It’s not yet known exactly what storyline the movie will follow, only that it will be a new take on the Sleeping Beauty tale, this time from the perspective of the infamous and intimidating Maleficent.

Stromberg will direct from a script written by Linda Woolverton, who also wrote Alice in Wonderland and worked on the screenplays for Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King for Disney.

[Source: Deadline]