See Angelina Jolie on the new 'Maleficent' poster

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Ellie Fanning plays Aurora in Disney's remake of its 1959 animated classic, Sleeping Beauty, but it's Angelina Jolie who will be the true star of its upcoming adaptation, Maleficent, a kind of origin story for the curse-happy sorceress.

Disney released the film's first poster on Twitter Tuesday, in anticipation of the first teaser trailer, out Wednesday. It depicts Jolie, 38, wearing Maleficent's iconic horned headdress, peering menacingly over the collar of her cape.

Here's the official synopsis:

A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal -- an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom -- and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.

Maleficent opens May 30.