Disney’s ‘Descendants’ Expected To Take Over The Holiday Season
Disney’s Descendants may have taken over the summer with its new release. The July 31 premiere received 10.5 million viewers, including in DVR playback. Disney’s hoping that its popular TV movie will continue to take over the holiday season.
Disney’s Descendants is a live-action movie about a group of teenagers that battle against some of Disney’s iconic villains. This colorful movie stars Booboo Stewart, Cameron Boyce, Dove Cameron, and Sofia Carson. The cast also includes Kristin Chenoweth, Kathy Najimy, Maz Jobrani, Mitchell Hope, and Wendy Raquel. It’s the perfect Disney movie for kids, tweens, teens, and families. Descendants has been playing nonstop on the Disney Channel, and is expected to play all throughout the Halloween season.
Speaking of Halloween, there’s no doubt that the Descendants will also become one of the most popular costume choices for kids and tweens, according to a report via QCOnline.
The movie doesn’t just include thrilling live-action scenes and hints of comedy, it also includes its share of dancing. Family entertainment news site FanLaLa went behind-the-scenes of one of the big dancing numbers from the Descendants movie. The video shows the teens dancing and performing along to the catchy song “Did Mention.”
There’s also a behind-the-scenes look of “Rotten to the Choreography.”
The original Disney movie is hoping to take over the 2015 holiday shopping season, especially when it comes to the toy section. Expect to see a lot of clothing, fashion, and accessories from Disney’s official Descendants line in retail stores. In addition, Disney is looking to tempt fans with its action figures, dolls, toy sets, and video games.
Disney and Hyperion already published a prequel novel entitled Descendants: The Isle of the Lost, written by Melissa de la Cruz. The movie is also already available on Blu-Ray, DVD, and digital format.
If you still can’t get enough of Disney’s Descendants, then you will love the new animated short inspired by the film. The first short will premiere after the season premiere of Jessie on Friday, Sept. 18. Disney is hoping that the new animated short called Wicked World will invite children back to its channel, which has been geared to tweens and teens lately.
Disney is counting down the days until the Wicked World premiere by releasing not one but two new trailers. Check out both trailers for the new animated short video below.
And if you still aren’t over Disney’s Descendants, then you will be happy to hear that a sequel may be coming sooner than you think. Due to the success of the movie, Disney’s hinting about the possibility of a second-installment, according to several media reports. Director Kenny Ortego told Movie Pilot that everyone in the cast is open to a Descendants sequel.
“Sure. I think – were you to ask the cast and crew – they’d agree that we’d all love to come back and play here again. The Descendants world is a wonderful place to play in. More to the point, there are so many characters from the Disney animated films that we could draw upon, pull in. There are so many more stories to tell.”
Which Disney’s Descendants character is your favorite? Are you looking forward to the premiere of Wicked World animated short and the rumored Descendants sequel? Share your thoughts below in the comments section.
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