descendants is a 2015 american musical fantasy television movie. it was directed and choreographed by kenny ortega. the movie stars dove cameron, sofia carson, booboo stewart, and cameron boyce. it is about the heroes and villains of disney animated movies. the movie tells the story of the children of villains maleficent ("sleeping beauty"), the evil queen ("snow white and the seven dwarfs"), jafar ("aladdin"), and cruella de vil ("one hundred and one dalmatians"). their children are mal, evie, jay, and carlos. the children are given a chance to be with the heroes at auradon prep outside their island prison, the isle of the lost. maleficent instructs mal to steal the fairy godmother's magic wand and free their parents from captivity. however, they instead adjust to their new life and learn to be good. mal falls in love with ben, the son of king beast and queen belle ("beauty and the beast"). the movie debuted on july 31, 2015, as a disney channel original movie, to positive reviews and 6.6 million viewers.