Brandy returns as Cinderella in new Descendants musical movie

Brandy is to reprise her iconic role of Cinderella for a new movie in Disney’s Descendants franchise.

The new film, provisionally titled The Pocketwatch, sees Brandy return to the role of which she first played in Walt Disney Television’s iconic 1997 version of Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

Also on the cast for the new movie is Rita Ora, who will portray the villainous Queen of Hearts of Alice in Wonderland fame.

They join previously announced cast members China Anne McClain (Disney’s Descendants 2 and Descendants 3), Kylie Cantrall (Disney’s Gabby Duran and the Unsittables) and Dara Reneé (Disney’s High School Musical: The Musical: the Series).

Also being added to the talented cast are Malia Baker (The Babysitter’s Club), Ruby Rose Turner (Disney’s Coop and Cami Ask the World), Morgan Dudley (Jagged Little Pill on Broadway) and Joshua Colley (Senior Year). In addition, fan favorite Melanie Paxson (Dealbreakers) will reprise her role as Fairy Godmother from the previous Descendants movies.

The Descendants movies unfurled an imaginative mythology of two new lands, idyllic Auradon and the ragtag Isle of the Lost, home to the teenage progeny of Disney’s most iconic characters and notably, its most notorious villains.

The bold new story of The Pocketwatch returns to these lands and also takes audiences through the rabbit hole to the hostile unincorporated territory of Wonderland, a magical, mysterious place made famous in Alice in Wonderland.

The expansive new story finds polar opposites Red and Chloe crossing paths at a momentous celebration in Auradon when unexpected chaos breaks out. In order to prevent an impending coup, they must join forces to travel back in time, via a magical pocket watch created by the Mad Hatter’s son, to stop an event that would lead to grave consequences.

Further details including a release date for the new movie are to be confirmed.

Previous Descendants films are available to stream on Disney+.