Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty is a Disney media franchise that began in 1959 with the theatrical release of "Sleeping Beauty". "Sleeping Beauty" is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney based on "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. "Maleficent" is a live-action remake based in 1959's animated film, focused on the eponymous antagonist. "Maleficent" is the sequel of the 2014's film "Maleficent", continuing the story of the first film. 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
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty is a six-minute-long CG/flash animated socially satirical black comedy short film written by Kathleen O'Rourke, directed by Nicky Phelan and produced by Darragh O'Connell of Brown Bag Films in 2008. The plot centers on Granny O'Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, who loses the plotline as she tells her own version of "Sleeping Beauty" to her terrified granddaughter. Granny O'Grimm started life as a character in a sketch in Kathleen O'Rourke's comedy show created by John Walsh and Kathleen. Director Nicky Phelan saw Granny O'Grimm's potential as an animated character and, with