Descendants Franchise

**Descendants** is an American media franchise created by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott.

## Short Films

### Under the Sea: A Descendants Short Story

A short film, Under The Sea: A Descendants Short Story was released on September 28, 2018. The story revolves around Mal, who discovers a glowing orb in a forest. She then meets Dizzy, who is wearing a necklace that is possessed by Uma.

### Audrey's Royal Return: A Descendants Short Story

A second short film, Audrey's Royal Return: A Descendants Short Story, was released on July 5, 2019. The story revolves around Audrey (Sarah Jeffery), who stops by her salon for a makeover in preparation for her big comeback at Auradon after her absence the previous year. This seven minutes short film is essentially a summary of the events of the first two films from Audrey's point of view and also explain her absence in the second film.

### Wicked Woods: A Descendants Halloween Story

A stop motion animation short film Wicked Woods: A Descendants Halloween Story, was released on October 4, 2019. The story revolves around Mal who tells her friends on Halloween night, about the legend of the Headless Horseman, one of Auradon's first villains, who is said to be lost in the woods of the city and has haunted them for hundreds of years.

## Television

### Prequel Spin-Off

See Also: Descendants: School of Secrets

Before the film's premiere air date, Disney Channel announced a live action mini-series leading up to the event. Every day leading up to the release of the film, a new episode of Descendants: School of Secrets would be released revealing more secrets about the students at Auradon Prep. Each episode of the series is under 5 minutes long, with 23 episodes in total.

### Animated Spin-Off

See Also: Descendants: Wicked World

Right after the film finished airing on Disney Channel, it was announced that a CGI-animated short spinoff entitled Descendants: Wicked World would be released on September 18, 2015. Furthermore, former Phineas and Ferb storyboard artist Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft announced on Twitter that she was directing the series, with Jenni Cook as producer, and that the original cast would be reprising their roles.

### Shorts

On November 6, 2020, an animated short prequel of the Descendants: The Royal Wedding television special was released on Disney Channel's YouTube channel. The series follows Mal and Evie as they prepare for the royal wedding with Dove Cameron and Sofia Carson reprising their roles.

### Chibi Tiny Tales

In July 2021, Descendants became the next Disney Television franchise to get the Chibi Tiny Tales treatment, which started with Big Hero 6: The Series. The first short, Descendants 3 As Told By Chibi was released July 4, 2021. The second short, Date Night at the Museum was released July 11, 2021. The third short, Queen of Mean was released on July 19, 2021.

### Specials

See Also: Descendants: The Royal Wedding

Descendants: The Royal Wedding is an animated special that aired on Disney Channel on August 13, 2021. This is the first Descendants project to be announced after Boyce's death, and as such, it was reported that the absence of Carlos would be addressed. In the film, Mal actually says she misses Carlos.

## Music

* Formats: CD and Digital Download
* Label: Walt Disney Records
 Descendants 2 | * Released: July 21, 2017
* Formats: CD and Digital Download
* Label: Walt Disney Records
 Descendants 3 | * Released: August 2, 2019
* Formats: CD and Digital Download
* Label: Walt Disney Records