Burton abandons planned film project based on Sleeping Beauty

Tim Burton has stepped down from the planned Sleeping Beauty re-imagining 'Maleficent'.

The 'Alice in Wonderland' director had been tentatively attached to the Disney movie which was set to reunite Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp onscreen for the first time following their work on 'The Tourist', but has now left the project to focus on his other works including 'Frankenweenie'.