Brandy Reprising Iconic Cinderella Role After 25 Years In New ‘Descendants’ Movie ‘The Pocketwatch’

Brandy is returning to the relation of beloved heroine Cinderella successful the Disney+ archetypal movie The Pocketwatch, which volition beryllium a continuation of the Descendants franchise. Brandy archetypal played the iconic quality successful the 1997 TV movie adaptation that besides starred Whitney Houston. The movie precocious celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Brandy playing Cinderella successful the 1997 TV film. (©Walt Disney Co/Everett Collection)

Rita Ora is besides joining the formed arsenic the legendary Queen of Hearts from Alice successful Wonderland. Brandy and Rita are portion of an unthinkable ensemble that besides includes China Anne McClain, Kylie Cantrall, Dara Reneé, Malia Baker, Ruby Rose Turner, Morgan Dudley, Joshua Colley, and Melanie Paxson

According to the formed breakdown, Brandy’s Cinderella is the “classic Disney character, who is elegant, warm, good-hearted and diplomatic.” In The Pocketwatch, Cinderella has a girl with Prince Charming named Chloe, played by Malia. The 16-year-old is “book astute and athletic, but her privilege makes her somewhat naive astir the existent world.”

Morgan volition play Ella/Young Cinderella in The Pocketwatch. Ella is blunt, pragmatic, and has a spot of a spot connected her enarthrosis astir being forced to enactment for her wicked stepmother.” Kylie stars arsenic Red, the rebellious 16-year-old girl of the Queen of Hearts. Red “knows she’ll ne'er get the Queen’s approval, truthful she finds ways to provoke her parent and disturbance up trouble.”

China and Melanie are reprising their roles from the erstwhile Descendants movies. China famously plays Uma, the girl of Ursula. Melanie starred successful each 3 Descendants movies arsenic Fairy Godmother.

Rita Ora is joining the ‘Descendants’ franchise. (MEGA)

The Pocketwatch volition instrumentality to the lands of Auradon and the Isle of the Lost, portion besides taking fans done the rabbit spread to the hostile unincorporated territory of Wonderland. The authoritative synopsis reads: “The expansive caller communicative finds polar opposites Red and Chloe crossing paths astatine a momentous solemnisation successful Auradon erstwhile unexpected chaos breaks out. In bid to forestall an impending coup, they indispensable articulation forces to question backmost successful time, via a magical pouch ticker created by the Mad Hatter’s son, to halt an lawsuit that would pb to sedate consequences.”

Descendants became a improvement for Disney Channel erstwhile the archetypal movie premiered successful 2015. The archetypal formed revolved astir the kids of Maleficent, Evil Queen, Cruella de Vil, and Jafar, but the 2 sequels introduced much kids of celebrated Disney heroes and villains.