Paolo Montalban Returns as King Charming In Disney’s ‘Descendants: The Rise of Red’ (TV News Roundup)
variety.comDescendants: The Rise of Red.” Montalban will play the role of King Charming, reuniting with Brandy as Cinderella after they stared as the dynamic royal duo in ABC’s 1997 “Wonderful World of Disney” TV movie “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” “The Rise of the Red” comes as the latest installment in Disney’s “Descendants” franchise.
The cast includes Kylie Cantrall as Red, Malia Baker as Chloe, Rita Ora as the Queen of Hearts, China Anne McClain as Uma, Dara Reneé as Uliana, Ruby Rose Turner as Bridget/Young Queen of Hearts, Morgan Dudley as Ella/Young Cinderella, Joshua Colley as Hook, Melanie Paxson as Fairy Godmother, Jeremy Swift as Principal Merlin and Leonardo Nam as Maddox Hatter. “Descendants: The Rise of Red” returns audiences to the lands of Auradon and the Isle of Lost while introducing a new but familiar location: Wonderland.
The film will follow Red, the daughter of the Queen of Hearts, and Chloe, the daughter of Cinderella, as the two descendants travel back in time to save the Queen of Hearts from her traumatic villain origin story.
The film is directed and co-executive produced by Jennifer Phang with Suzanne Todd and Gary Marsh as executive producers. The script was written by Dan Frey and Russell Sommer.
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