Descendants is Disney Channel's musical riff on its own villain bench, built on a sharp hook: the teenage children of Maleficent, Cruella De Vil, the Evil Queen and others get a shot at redemption among the heroes' kids at Auradon Prep. The 2015 original turned that premise into a colorful song-and-dance franchise that runs through Descendants 2 and 3.
Later entries widen the canvas, with The Rise of Red (2024) and the upcoming Wicked Wonderland pulling in the Queen of Hearts and time-travel twists to refresh the cast. The tone stays bright and TV-movie broad, leaning hard on choreography, costumes and earworm numbers. It is a screen-only property, but one that spilled well beyond it through soundtracks and merchandise aimed squarely at a young audience.
The Descendants franchise spans 5 movies in the CrossBinge catalog.
Movies
Key people
- Melanie Paxson (Actor)
- Kenny Ortega (Director)
- Dan Payne (Actor)
- Brenna D'Amico (Actor)
- Jedidiah Goodacre (Actor)
- Keegan Connor Tracy (Actor)
- Cameron Boyce (Actor)
- Zachary Gibson (Actor)
- Booboo Stewart (Actor)
- China Anne McClain (Actor)
- Dove Cameron (Actor)
- Sofia Carson (Actor)