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Descendants 3 is an American musical fantasy[1][2] television film, and the third installment in the Descendants series, following Descendants and Descendants 2. It is written by Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon, and is directed by Kenny Ortega. The film premiered on Disney Channel on August 2, 2019, and in other parts of the world on October 12, 2019.

Descendants 3
Promotional poster
Genre	Musical Fantasy Teen
Written by	Josann McGibbon Sara Parriott
Directed by	Kenny Ortega
Starring	Dove Cameron Cameron Boyce Sofia Carson Booboo Stewart Cheyenne Jackson China Anne McClain
Composer	David Lawrence
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Kenny Ortega Josann McGibbon Sara Parriott Wendy Japhet
Producer	Wendy Japhet
Cinematography	Adam Santelli
Editor	Don Brochu
Running time	108 minutes
Production company	Disney Channel Original Productions
Release
Original network	Disney Channel
Original release	August 2, 2019 (2019-08-02)
Chronology
Preceded by	Descendants 2
Followed by	Descendants: The Royal Wedding

Plot

Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos visit the Isle of the Lost to choose four new villain kids (VKs) to take to Auradon. They pick Dizzy, granddaughter of Lady Tremaine, Celia, daughter of Dr. Facilier, and Squeaky and Squirmy, the twin sons of Mr. Smee. The day the kids are to be picked up, Ben, Mal's boyfriend and the king of Auradon, proposes to her, and she accepts. Ben's ex-girlfriend Audrey seethes with jealousy, and her grandmother Queen Leah admonishes her for failing to secure the family legacy by marrying Ben. Unable to contain her jealousy, Audrey steals the Queen's crown and Maleficent's scepter from the museum. Following the theft and Hades' escape attempt has Mal, as future Queen, decide that the best way to protect the subjects and restore peace is to close the barrier between the islands permanently.

Audrey curses Mal with Maleficent's scepter, and she and the other VKs go to the Isle to get Hades' ember, the only artifact powerful enough to break the scepter's curse. Upon entering the Isle, Mal is freed of the curse and Celia gets her into Hades' lair, but Hades thwarts their effort to steal the ember. He is revealed to be Mal's absentee father and reluctantly gives her the ember, warning her to avoid it getting wet as it will not exhibit its full powers for her. While leaving the Isle, Mal and the others are intercepted by Uma, Gil, and Harry, who agree to help after Mal agrees to release all the children from the Isle.

Meanwhile, in Auradon, Audrey attacks Jane's birthday party with a sleeping curse; Chad aligns himself with her, while Jane escapes into the enchanted lake. As the entire kingdom falls under Audrey's spell, she offers to reverse it if Ben will marry her. However, he refuses, prompting Audrey to turn him into a beast and begins turning people to stone. Mal and Uma, vying for the leadership of the VKs, return to Auradon with their friends. Despite their conflict, they eventually work together to find and defeat Audrey. After finding Ben in beast form, Carlos calms him while Jane restores him to human form with the enchanted lake water. At Evie's house, Mal and Uma make amends while Evie wakes Doug with true love's kiss. Audrey traps them in the house, but they are able to reverse Audrey's spell by combining their magic, and they and their other friends reunite.

At the Fairy Cottage, they find only a shell-shocked Chad. When Mal admits her plan to seal off the Isle permanently, the group implodes and Celia, learning she can never see her father again, douses the ember. After Evie confronts Mal for lying to her and their friends, they are all suddenly turned to stone, save for Mal. Audrey takes Celia hostage and attacks Mal, who turns into her dragon form. Realizing she is Mal's only hope, Uma combines their magic to reignite the ember; Mal defeats Audrey, who falls comatose, and the curses are lifted. Mal and her friends reconcile while Ben agrees to allow Hades to use the ember to revive Audrey, but decries the double standard by which Audrey is immediately forgiven as she is not considered a villain, and Mal, Ben and Audrey make amends.

Mal declares her refusal of becoming queen of Auradon due to her responsibilities as queen of the Isle. With Ben and Fairy Godmother's approval, Mal replaces the barrier with a bridge, and the people of the newly merged society celebrate. In the end, Evie is with Doug, Carlos is with Jane, Mal and Ben are engaged, Jay and Gil plan to travel the world together, and Audrey becomes romantically attached to Harry after Uma rejects him.

In a mid-credits scene, Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos race across the bridge to the Isle to reunite with their parents.

Cast

• Dove Cameron as Mal, daughter of Maleficent and Hades[3]
• Cameron Boyce as Carlos, son of Cruella de Vil[3]
• Sofia Carson as Evie, daughter of The Evil Queen[3]
• Booboo Stewart as Jay, son of Jafar[3]
• Mitchell Hope as Ben, son of Belle and Beast[3]
• Sarah Jeffery as Princess Audrey, daughter of Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip[4]
• Brenna D'Amico as Jane, daughter of the Fairy Godmother[5]
• Melanie Paxson as the Fairy Godmother, the headmistress of Auradon Prep and Jane's mother[6]
• Thomas Doherty as Harry Hook, son of Captain Hook and ally of Uma[4]
• Dylan Playfair as Gil, son of Gaston and ally of Uma[4]
• Zachary Gibson as Doug, son of Dopey the Dwarf[5]
• Jedidiah Goodacre as Chad Charming, son of Cinderella and Prince Charming[5]
• Anna Cathcart as Dizzy Tremaine, daughter of Drizella Tremaine and granddaughter of Lady Tremaine[7]
• Jadah Marie as Celia, the daughter of Dr. Facilier[7][8]
• Dan Payne as King Beast, Queen Belle's husband and Ben's father[6]
• Keegan Connor Tracy as Queen Belle, Beast's wife and Ben's mother[6]
• Bobby Moynihan as the Voice of Dude, Carlos' dog who gained the power of speech in Descendants 2
• Cheyenne Jackson as Hades, ruler of the underworld and Mal's father[6][9]
• China Anne McClain as Uma, daughter of Ursula[3]

Additionally, Judith Maxie reprises her role as Queen Leah, Princess Audrey's grandmother, from the first Descendants film.[10] Christian Convery and Luke Roessler play Squeaky and Squirmy, respectively, the twin sons of Mr. Smee.[6][10] Also appearing are Jamal Sims as Celia's father Dr. Facilier,[7][8] Linda Ko as Dizzy's grandmother Lady Tremaine, and Faustino Di Bauda as Squeaky's and Squirmy's father Mr. Smee.

Production

On February 16, 2018, Disney Channel announced the production of Descendants 3, which Disney scheduled to air in mid-2019.[11] Descendants 3 is written and produced by Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon, and is directed and executive produced by Kenny Ortega.[3] Wendy Japhet is a producer on the film,[5] with Ortega, Sara Parriott, Josann McGibbon, and Japhet also serving as executive producers.[6] Mark Hofeling and Kara Saun return as production designer and costume designer on the sequel, respectively.[5] In addition to playing Dr. Facilier, Jamal Sims also serves as the film's choreographer,[7][8] along with Ortega who has served as choreographer for all three Descendants films.[3]

Rehearsals and pre-recording on the film began on April 23, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[5] Production began on May 25, 2018.[12] On July 18, 2018, it was reported on social media that production on the film had "officially wrapped".[13] Teen Vogue reported that Descendants 3 will be the last film in the series.[14]

Release

Promotional footage for the film was released on the film series' official YouTube channel in February 2018.[15] In late May 2019, it was announced that the film would premiere on August 2, 2019.[16][3][17]

A related short film, Under the Sea: A Descendants Short Story, which features Mal and Uma facing off in "an epic underwater showdown", was released on September 28, 2018.[18][19]

On July 11, 2019, Disney announced it was canceling a red carpet premiere originally planned for July 22, 2019, in the wake of Cameron Boyce's death. The film's television premiere went on as scheduled, dedicated to Boyce's memory.[20]

Reception

Descendants 3 was watched by 4.59 million viewers on its August 2, 2019 premiere,[21] with viewership increasing to 8.43 million viewers after three days of delayed viewing.[22] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 78% based on nine reviews.[23]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Results	Ref.
2020	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actress	Dove Cameron	Won	[24]
2020	Billboard Music Awards	Top Soundtrack	Descendants 3	Nominated	[25]

Soundtrack

Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Descendants cast
Released	August 2, 2019
Recorded	April—May 2018
Genre	Pop
Label	Walt Disney
Descendants soundtracks chronology
Descendants 2 (2017) Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack) (2019)
Singles from Descendants 3
"Good to Be Bad" Released: May 31, 2019 "VK Mashup" Released: July 19, 2019 "Queen of Mean" Released: August 2, 2019

Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack) is the soundtrack accompanying the film of the same name. The soundtrack and lead single, "Good to Be Bad", was released on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on August 2, 2019. It reached number 7 on the Billboard 200 album chart,[26] and number 1 on the Billboard Kid Albums chart.[27]

Track listing

Notes

• "VK Mashup" contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "Ways to Be Wicked", and "Good to be Bad", from the first, second and third soundtracks.

Chart performance

The album debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200,[28] and in its second week the album dropped to number 14.[29]

The single "Queen of Mean" reached number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100,[30] number 57 on the Canadian Hot 100,[31] and number 89 on the UK Singles Chart.[32]

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[33]	36
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[34]	109
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[35]	36
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[36]	74
French Albums (SNEP)[37]	166
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[38]	82
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[39]	10
US Billboard 200[26]	7
US Kid Albums (Billboard)[40]	1
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[41]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)	Position
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[42]	15
Chart (2020)	Position
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[43]	21

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[44]	Silver	60,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Home media

Descendants 3 was released on DVD on August 6, 2019.[45]

References

External links

• Descendants 3 at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Descendants 3 – Die Nachkommen

Descendants 3 – Die Nachkommen, kurz Descendants 3, ist ein US-amerikanischer Fernsehfilm von Kenny Ortega aus dem Jahr 2019. Er ist die Fortsetzung der Filme Descendants – Die Nachkommen (2015) und Descendants 2 – Die Nachkommen (2017). Die Hauptrollen in dem Disney Channel Original Movie haben erneut Dove Cameron (Mal), Sofia Carson (Evie), Booboo Stewart (Jay), Cameron Boyce (Carlos), Mitchell Hope (Ben) und China Anne McClain (Uma) inne. Die Erstausstrahlung des Filmes fand am 2. August 2019 auf dem Disney Channel statt. Die deutsche Erstausstrahlung fand am 13. März 2020 auf dem Disney Channel statt.[2]

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- [en] Descendants 3

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[es] Descendants 3

Descendants 3 (titulada: Descendientes 3 en Hispanoamérica y Los descendientes 3 en España) es una película original de Disney Channel que se estrenó el 2 de agosto de 2019 en Estados Unidos a través de Disney Channel, en Latinoamérica el 9 de agosto de 2019 y en España el 26 de octubre de 2019. Es la tercera película en la franquicia Descendants, y la última entrega de la trilogía centrada en Mal y sus amigos. La película está dirigida por Kenny Ortega.

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[ru] Наследники 3

«Наследники 3» (англ. Descendants 3) — американский мюзикл, фантастический телевизионный фильм. Фильм рассказывает о жизни и приключениях подростков в фантазийном мире «Наследников», продолжая сюжет «Наследников» и «Наследников 2». Сценарий к фильму в очередной раз написали Сара Парриотт и Джосан Макгиббон, а также режиссёром вновь стал Кенни Ортега. Премьера фильма состоялась 2 августa 2019 года на телеканале Disney Channel[1][2].

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