Descendants is a 2015 American musical fantasy television film directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega. It stars Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart, and Cameron Boyce as the teenage children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar, and Cruella de Vil,… Descendants is a 2015 American musical fantasy television film directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega. It stars Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart, and Cameron Boyce as the teenage children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar, and Cruella de Vil, respectively. The film is about the teenagers adjusting to life outside their island prison, while on a mission to steal the Fairy Godmother's wand and free their parents from captivity. It debuted on July 31, 2015, as a Disney Channel Original Movie, to positive reviews and 6.6 million viewers.
The film also stars Mitchell Hope, Melanie Paxson, Brenna D'Amico, Sarah Jeffery, Zachary Gibson, Jedidiah Goodacre, Dianne Doan, Dan Payne, Keegan Connor Tracy, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Maz Jobrani, Kathy Najimy, and Kristin Chenoweth.
The first installment in the Descendants franchise, Descendants was spun off into several television series, short films, and television specials, including an animated short-form series titled Descendants: Wicked World. It was followed by a sequel, Descendants 2, which premiered on July 21, 2017, a third film, Descendants 3, which premiered on August 2, 2019, a fourth film, Descendants: The Rise of Red, which premiered on July 12, 2024 on Disney+. and a fifth film, Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, which premiered on July 16, 2026 on Disney Channel then on the next day on Disney+. [1]
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