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The sequel will see Dove Cameron (<em>Liv and Maddie<\/em>), Cameron Boyce (<em>Jessie<\/em>), Booboo Stewart (<em>X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/em>), Sofia Carson (<em>Adventures in Babysitting<\/em>) and Mitchell Hope reprise their roles from the first film, with China Anne McClain (<em>A.N.T. Farm<\/em>) joining the cast as Uma, the daughter of Ursula from <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em>.\u00a0Emmy winner\u00a0Kenny Ortega will return as director, executive producer and choreographer.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Marsh, the president and chief creative officer of Disney Channels Worldwide, remarked: &#8220;Just when you thought &#8216;Happily Ever After&#8217; had come to the land of Auradon, <em>Descendants 2<\/em> turns the page to reveal a whole new level of mystery and surprise.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BURBANK: Disney Channel has given the go-ahead to Descendants 2, a follow-up to the hit original movie about the teenage sons and daughters of Disney villains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":10238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1361,111,1362],"class_list":["post-10237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-descendants-2","tag-disney-channel","tag-kenny-ortega","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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