Disney announced Wednesday that it is bringing back Paolo Montalban as Prince (now King) Charming and Brandy as Cinderella in a new movie, Descendants: The Rise of Red, the latest installment in the studio's music-driven Descendants franchise.
In this story, the fairytale couple will play the parents of Chloe (Malia Baker) who befriends Red (Kylie Cantrell) the daughter of the Queen of Hearts (Rita Ora).
Descendants: The Rise of Red follows the story of Red, the rebellious daughter of the Queen of Hearts, and Chloe, Cinderella’s perfectionist daughter. When the tyrannical Queen of Hearts incites a coup against Auradon, polar opposites Red and Chloe must join forces and travel back in time to undo the traumatic event that set Red’s mother down her villainous path.
Filmmaker Jennifer Phang (Advantageous, Half-Life, Foundation, The Flight Attendant) is the director and co-executive producer of Descendants: The Rise of Red.
Montalban and Brandy introduced their characters in ABC’s 1997 “Wonderful World of Disney” TV movie “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” which won an Emmy.
"There was diversity not just in the principal cast, but there was diversity in the supporting cast in the background," said Montalban.
Brandy became the first Black actress to play Cinderella on screen and the late Whitney Houston played the role of the Fairy Godmother.
Montalban, 50, an actor and singer, has appeared in numerous stage productions including the King and I, Pacific Overture and The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Descendants: Rise of Red will debut April 7 on Disney+.
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