“This was like a dream come true so I’m just so glad that this new generation has this beautiful piece to enjoy,” she said, adding that the streaming release felt like “divine timing.”īrandy also reflected on the progress “Cinderalla” made by featuring a Black Disney princess. In 2021, following news that “Cinderalla” would finally begin streaming on Disney+, Brandy opened up to Variety about being chosen to the fairy tale princess. Two sequel movies followed in 20.ĭisney+ has yet to announce a release date for the film, which is directed by Jennifer Phang and written by Dan Frey and Russell Sommer. The 2015 original starred Dove Cameron and Sofia Carson and debuted on the Disney Channel to over 6 million viewers.
Additional cast members include China Anne McClain as Uma, daughter of “The Little Mermaid” sea witch Ursula Morgan Dudley as Ella, the younger version of Cinderella and Melanie Paxson as the Fairy Godmother, among others.ĭisney’s “Descendants” franchise centers on the children of the studio’s most infamous villains. The younger version of the Queen of Hearts is “sweet-natured, bubbly, generous - and the complete opposite of her grown-up self.Rita Ora is also starring in the film as the tyrannical Queen of Hearts. Ruby Rose Turner as Bridget (Young Queen of Hearts).Morgan Dudley as Ella (Young Cinderella)ĭudley’s younger take on the iconic character is “blunt, pragmatic and has a bit of a chip on her shoulder about being forced to work for her wicked stepmother.”.His arrogance is only surpassed by his vanity.”ĭescendants staple Melanie Paxson is also returning as the Fairy Godmother, the “wise and kind” headmistress of Auradon Prep. “One of Ulyana’s sycophants,” Hook is a “rich kid with a hoop earring and a shiny hook where his left hand should be. Image Credit: Courtesy of Austin Martinez Reneé joins the Descendants family as Uma’s sister Ulyana, described as a “teen sea witch and mean-girl bully with eight wicked tentacles and a crew of lackeys.”
Image Credit: Courtesy of Carell Augustus “Strong and fierce, Uma always fights for what she thinks is right.” McClain returns as Uma, the daughter of sea witch Ursula. Image Credit: Courtesy of Ed Herrera/Disney Channel “Red knows she’ll never get the Queen’s approval, so she finds ways to provoke her mother and stir up trouble.”Ĭhloe is the “cheerful” 16-year-old daughter of Cinderella, described as “book smart and athletic.” Unfortunately, “her privilege makes her somewhat naive about the real world.” The star of Disney Channel’s Gabby Duran & The Unsittables will play Red, the Queen of Hearts’ “rebellious” 16-year-old daughter. Ora’s Queen of Hearts “rules over the kingdom of Wonderland with an iron fist,” and is described as “withholding” and “tyrannical.” Image Credit: Courtesy of Hayley Louisa Brown Read on for a complete breakdown of The Pocketwatch‘s cast, including Rita Ora as the villainous Queen of Hearts, then drop a comment with your thoughts below. Jennifer Phang is directing The Pocketwatch from a script written by Dan Frey and Russell Sommer. In order to prevent an impending coup, they must join forces to travel back in time, via a magical pocket watch created by the Mad Hatter’s son, to stop an event that would lead to grave consequences.” The unlikely duo meets “at a momentous celebration in Auradon when unexpected chaos breaks out. The story centers around “polar opposites” Chloe, the daughter of Cinderella, and Red, the daughter of the Queen of Hearts. The Pocketwatch will return viewers to Auradon and the Isle of the Lost before taking them “through the rabbit hole to the hostile unincorporated territory of Wonderland, a magical, mysterious place made famous in Alice in Wonderland,” per the movie’s official description.
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More than two decades after starring in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella for ABC’s Wonderful World of Disney, Norwood is dusting off her crown to play Cinderella once again in The Pocketwatch, a new movie in the Descendants franchise, coming soon to Disney+. Brandy Norwood stepping back into one of her most iconic roles after 25 years? It’s possible!
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