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| Directed by | Kenny Ortega |
| Produced by | Tracey Jeffrey |
| Written by | Josann McGibbon Sara Parriott |
| Starring | Dove Cameron Cameron Boyce Sofia Carson Booboo Stewart Mitchell Hope |
| Release date(s) | July 31, 2015 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Descendants 2 Descendants 3 |
Descendants is a 2015 American musical fantasy[1] adventure-comedy television film directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega. The film 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 follows these 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, Descendants was spun off into a CGI animated short-form series titled Descendants: Wicked World, and was followed by a sequel, Descendants 2, which premiered on July 21, 2017,[2] and a third film, Descendants 3, which premiered August 2, 2019.[3]
Plot[]
In a present day idyllic kingdom, the benevolent teenaged son of the King and Queen (Beast and Belle from Disney’s iconic Beauty and the Beast) is poised to take the throne. His first proclamation: offer a chance of redemption to the trouble-making offspring of Cruella De Vil, Maleficent, The Evil Queen and Jafar who have been imprisoned on a forbidden island with all the other villains, sidekicks, evil step-mothers and step-sisters.
These villainous descendants are allowed into the kingdom to attend prep school alongside the offspring of iconic Disney heroes. However, the evil teens face a dilemma: should they follow in their nefarious parents’ footsteps and help all the villains regain power or embrace their innate goodness and save the kingdom?
Cast[]
The following is the known list of characters appearing in the film, or at least mentioned. The following are also listed as those who are known to have children appearing in the film, though their names and gender may be unknown.
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Trivia[]
- While still in production, the movie was under the working title 'Off The Island'.
- Keegan Connor Tracy, who plays Belle, also plays the Blue Fairy/Mother Superior in Once Upon a Time.
- Cameron Boyce got his frost tips just for this movie.
- Sofia Carson and Dove Cameron used wigs during filming.
- This is the first time that the Classical Disney film canon united in a feature film.
- As the villain kids progress from bad to good, the changes are reflected in their attire. They start out in their Isle of the Lost outfits, slowly decreasing in rebellious imaging, and finally to their coronation outfits and party clothes worn during "Set It Off".
- This would've been the second time Dove Cameron and Cameron Boyce worked together. The first time was in Dove Cameron's show, Liv and Maddie.
- This film contains many references and allusions to previous and current Disney franchises.
- The video game Carlos plays when the group first arrives at Auradon was originally created for the Disney XD original series Aaron Stone.
- Auradon Prep's motto is "Goodness doesn't get any better."
- During Rotten to the Core, if one looks closely behind to the group's dancing, the can see another "Long Live Evil" tag with Cruella's outline. And when you look behind Jay you can see the Jafar version of Long Live Evil.
- If one examines the stained glass windows of the church where the coronation is held, the images include Quasimodo, Snow White, Ariel, Aurora, Belle, and Prince Adam, Alice, Fa Mulan, Li Shang, Tiana, various princes, and what appears to be Kristoff. The last image suggests Arendelle is part of Auradon.
- In the film, the term "prince" seems to be synonymous with wimps as noted by Jay.
- 18.2 million total viewers (so far) have watched Descendants.
- Sofia Carson, who plays Evie, originally auditioned for the part of Audrey.
- Descendants is the #5 most-watched cable movie of all time.
- In "Set it Off" a lyric in the song was "We got the keys. The kingdom's ours." which Ben and Evie sang is a reference to Sleeping Beauty where there is a lyric in a song "I got the keys to the kingdom."
- Dude, the male dog that Carlos becomes attached to, is actually a female dog named Paisley in real life.
- Kenny Ortega saw 600+ actors before casting Mitchell Hope as Prince Ben.
- Dove Cameron was the first person cast in this movie.
- Carlos and Dude (the dog) matched outfits after they met.
- If you look closely during the coronation, the parents of Audrey (Aurora and Phillip), Chad (Cinderella and Prince Charming), Lonnie (Fa Mulan and Li Shang), and Doug (Dopey) are present.
- There was originally going to be a character named Aziz, son of Aladdin and Jasmine but was cut out for unknown reasons.
- Each offspring's name starts with the same initial letter as at least one of their parents. Jane and Lonnie are the only exceptions to this.
- The first DCOM to air on Disney Channel India (which was skipped from 2011-Early 2015 movies), since Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam wast the last to air being dubbed in Hindi. Hence, Disney International HD aired it first in the original audio.
Soundtrack[]
Descendants (Original TV Movie Soundtrack) is a soundtrack album by cast of the film of the same name, released on July 31, 2015 by Walt Disney Records.[4] The soundtrack peaked at number 1 in United States at Billboard 200, number one on the US Top Digital Albums and topped the US Top Soundtracks.[5]
Track listing[]
- Rotten to the Core - Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart and Sofia Carson
- Evil Like Me - Dove Cameron and Kristin Chenoweth
- Did I Mention - Mitchell Hope and Jeff Lewis
- If Only - Dove Cameron
- Be Our Guest - Mitchell Hope, Spencer Lee, Kala Balch and Marco Marinangeli
- If Only (Reprise) - Dove Cameron
- Set It Off - Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, Mitchell Hope, Sarah Jeffery and Jeff Lewis
- Believe - Shawn Mendes
- Rotten to the Core (Single version) - Sofia Carson
- Night Is Young (from Descendants: Wicked World) - China Anne McClain
- Good Is the New Bad (from Descendants: Wicked World) - Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson and China Anne McClain
- I'm Your Girl - Felicia Barton
- Descendants Score Suite - David Lawrence
Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ Hendricks, Jaclyn (December 15, 2014). "5 things to know about Disney's 'Descendants'". New York Post. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ↑ Descendants Sequel Set At Disney Channel
- ↑ Lawrence, Derek (February 16, 2018). "Disney Channel officially announces Descendants 3". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Descendants (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)". iTunes. July 31, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ↑ "Various Artists - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
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