Disney Channel Unveils Trailer, Premiere Date for 'Descendants: The Royal Wedding' Special

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Animated special based on 'Descendants' movie trilogy to debut Aug. 13

Disney Channel has released a teaser video trailer for its upcoming special Descendants: The Royal Wedding, set to debut Aug. 13. 

The animated special will feature the voices of most of the cast from the first three Descendants live-action films, including Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, BooBoo Stewart, Mitchell Hope, China Anne McClain and Cheyenne Jackson. As per Disney, the special follows Mal and King Ben’s wedding as happily-ever-after continues for Auradon’s power couple, but Hades threatens to ruin it all.

Descendants: The Royal Wedding will debut after the telecast of Disney Channel original movie Spin.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.