Disney+ Releases First Look at ‘Descendants: The Rise of Red’

Disney+ has released a first look teaser trailer for the upcoming “Descendants: The Rise of Red” (formerly known as “The Pocketwatch”), which will debut Summer 2024.

The Details

In this latest installment of the “Descendants” franchise, former Villain Kid Uma, now headmaster of Auradon Prep, extends an invite to the school to another Villain Kid – Red, the rebellious daughter of the Queen of Hearts from Wonderland.

After the Queen of Hearts incites a coup against Auradon, Red must team up with Cinderella’s perfectionist daughter Chloe and travel back in time to try to undo the traumatic event that set Red’s mother down her villainous path.

The cast includes Kylie Cantrall (Disney’s “Gabby Duran and the Unsittables”) as Red; Malia Baker (“The Babysitters Club”) as Chloe; Brandy (“Queens”) as Cinderella; Rita Ora (“Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight”) as The Queen of Hearts; Alex Boniello (Jessica Jones) as Jack of Diamonds, a captain in the Queen of Hearts’ Red Army; China Anne McClain (Disney’s “Descendants 2” and “Descendants 3”) as Uma; Dara Reneé (Disney’s “High School Musical: The Musical: the Series”) as Uliana; Ruby Rose Turner (Disney’s “Coop and Cami Ask the World”) as Bridget/Young Queen of Hearts; Morgan Dudley (“Jagged Little Pill” on Broadway) as Ella/Young Cinderella; Joshua Colley (“Senior Year”) as Hook; Melanie Paxson (“Descendants” franchise) as Fairy Godmother; Jeremy Swift (“Ted Lasso”) as Principal Merlin; Leonardo Nam (“Westworld”) as Maddox Hatter; and Paolo Montalban (Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella”) as King Charming.

This film marks a reunion for Brandy and Montalban, who are once again playing the characters of Cinderella and King Charming, from the 1997 TV movie, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.”