With Maleficent (Kristin Bauer van Straten) headed for ABC's Once Upon a Time in the second half of Season 4, fans can expect to see the return of Princess Aurora (Sarah Bolger) and Prince Phillip (Julian Morris) as well.

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It had previously been revealed that Maleficent would return in the second half of this season, but the heroes of Sleeping Beauty will also be back. In fact, Aurora will be back before the first half of the season is even over, according to a new report by TVLine.

Bolger has reportedly returned to film the role and will first appear in Episode 7, titled The Snow Queen. She will apparently be "out of her princess gear" while living in Storybrooke.

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Meanwhile, Morris is actually pretty busy with other projects, such as Fox's New Girl and Amazon's Hand of God. However, Bolger thinks that he will be back anyway.

TVLine also reported on the storyline revolving around who wrote the storybook, now known as Operation Mongoose.

"Operation Mongoose is going to be a rather big story for the year," series co-creator Edward Kitsis said at New York Comic-Con this weekend, via TVLine. "Whereas we are splitting seasons in half, this is a story that will transcend both halves."

Based on this information, it seems that this season will be a bit more connected with the two halves than Season 3, which separated pretty succinctly into Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) in the first half and the Wicked Witch (Rebecca Mader) in the second half.

Once Upon a Time airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.

Watch the trailer for the next episode of Once Upon a Time below:

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