it is produced by joe roth. roth has produced a slew of successful disney movies. senior west coast correspondent jon erlichman nla with more, and jon, doesn't angelina jolie's daughter have a cameo in "maleficent" because she was not the only one who is not scared of the custom? >> that is a good teaser, and maybe we'll find out, emily. joe roth has run major hollywood studios like fox and disney. but two he has not one disney movies. he joins us right now. maybe with a few tidbits of behind the scenes. joe, good to see you. let's start with "maleficent." obviously a lot of buzz. out of the finished product compared to what you first envisioned for this? >> the finished project is so far superior from what i imprisoned because robert stromberg is a man who designed both "avatar" and "alice in so it isd," and "oz," a spectacular looking film in 3-d. it is really lush and taking you to places you have never been. >> you're talking to somebody -- about somebody who i believe has film atrected a all, right, this is his first feature, and you have always been a believe

joe roth is the producer, we had a little audition in his office.io and just shocked us all. he had this very natural gift and it was really great. >> well, i know you and remember you, of course, from your talk show days. do you look around a morning show set like this and think gosh, what could have been. >> the fried chicken smell emanating from the kitchen over there. >> i walked in and i was saying, it does smell like chick in here. they're baking next door here. >> maybe it is heaven. >> well, don't you think i'll be the judge of that a little later on? i'll be checking that out. i don't know. this looks like serious television. i used to work at e. slightly different set. >> you love it when we say what. >> oh, >>> good morning to you. it's 8:26. starting this morning, crossing the golden gate bridge will cost you $1 more. tolls are expected to go up by a quarter every year until eventually they reach $8 by 2018. it's to prevent a $142 million budget shortfall. >>> the morning commute is well under way. >> it's very slow right now. past the c

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