Descedants

Descendants (2015 film)

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Descendants
Promotional poster
Genre	Musical Fantasy Adventure Teen
Written by	Josann McGibbon Sara Parriott
Directed by	Kenny Ortega
Starring	Dove Cameron Cameron Boyce Booboo Stewart Sofia Carson Kristin Chenoweth
Narrated by	Dove Cameron
Composer(s)	David Lawrence
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Tracey Jeffrey (line producer) Judy Taylor (executive producer)
Cinematography	Thomas Burstyn
Editor(s)	Don Brochu
Running time	112 minutes
Production company(s)	Bad Angels Productions 5678 Productions Disney Channel
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Disney Channel
Original release	July 31, 2015 (2015-07-31)
Chronology
Followed by	Descendants 2
Related shows	Descendants: School of Secrets Descendants: Wicked World
Website	movies.disney.com/descendants

Descendants is a 2015 American musical fantasy television film directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega. The film stars Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart, and Cameron Boyce as the teenage daughters and sons of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar, and Cruella De Vil, respectively. The film serves as a continuation after the Disney Animated Classics series as its plot 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.
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 film debuted on July 31, 2015 as a Disney Channel Original Movie, to positive reviews and 6.6 million viewers.
Descendants was spun off into a CGI animated short-form series titled Descendants: Wicked World, and was followed by a sequel Descendants 2 that premiered in July 2017